From what I have experienced with the national pirate party is an extremely weird mix of a single issue digital rights party, coupled to a far left social activism group.
For obvious reasons such a party doesn't do well. If you want to do left wing social activism, there are much broader, better organized groups and parties available. And if you are a long term employeed member of the middle class, potentially already with a family, the social activism can easily be very unappealing.
Looking at their website you can quickly notice the soft contradictions. How can you have a party which theoretically is pro free-speech, but then the most recent issue on their website is about how people who are mean on the Internet should face legal consequences? (That the site is also broken, doesn't make them look any better)
I do really believe that a single issue digital rights party could do good in the EU parliament. But certainly I wouldn't vote for the Pirate party.
For obvious reasons such a party doesn't do well. If you want to do left wing social activism, there are much broader, better organized groups and parties available. And if you are a long term employeed member of the middle class, potentially already with a family, the social activism can easily be very unappealing.
Looking at their website you can quickly notice the soft contradictions. How can you have a party which theoretically is pro free-speech, but then the most recent issue on their website is about how people who are mean on the Internet should face legal consequences? (That the site is also broken, doesn't make them look any better)
I do really believe that a single issue digital rights party could do good in the EU parliament. But certainly I wouldn't vote for the Pirate party.