Thank you for taking a stand! Digital rights and privacy rights are extremely important, yet extremely neglected issues that concern citizens around the world. I admire your initiative, and it is a pleasure to have you aboard.
Also, really hoping Pirate Party starts picking up over here in the USA.
Thanks for the shout out! I agree with your concern that liberty seems to be taking a worrying back seat, but then again, I'm doing what I can to make it easy for thousands of other people to do something small for liberty every day. It's not in what one person does at a burnout rate of 120 hours a week - it's in the small things that millions do.
The Pirate Party can totally break through in the US. I've run the numbers, and it's doable in 12 years (three cycles).
would be a great thing to reinvent the principles of Libertalia for the entire World !! Steem On !!!! ; - )
In the US, the lack of proportional representation seems to hurt third parties. It's a difficult nut to crack that way, isn't it?
The key lies in the enormous amount of non-voters. It's not 49% vs 51%, it's more like 21% vs 22% vs 57%. You can totally get to 23%, making you the biggest player in the first-past-the-post.
"It's small things that millions do".
Crypto currency is going to creep up and bite them on the arse. Accessible to all.