• HereIAm@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I mean, yeah they are a shit party, but isn’t smaller and local parties kinda what we want? I’d rather have a 20 small parties in parliament than 2 big ones with some on the side lines.

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      23 hours ago

      This is like saying sure he murdered the guy with his bare hands, but doesn’t society need more face to face human interaction?

      • HereIAm@lemmy.world
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        11 hours ago

        No, I just don’t think the size of the party is the thing we should criticise/make fun of it for. They’re clearly influential enough to snap up a big sponsor, and will now decide to actually try and run for parliament. UKIP was never large enough to get elected into parliament afaik, but they still managed to influence politics enough to cause brexit.

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      1 day ago

      These small parties are not up for a parliamentary position though. They are only active in their municipality. There are 8 parties in the Swedish parliament (though it looks like it’s going to be 7 after the election in fall).

      • kungen@feddit.nu
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        20 hours ago

        You’re forgetting the 12% exception, but they’d probably need an even larger amount than that.

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        24 hours ago

        I’m not following the polls at all. Who is falling out, the liberals?

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            23 hours ago

            Damn. I can’t recall when they didn’t make the bar last.

            I mean it is funny - the incest bit I mean - but it kind of epitomises why I don’t really follow politics anymore. Our leaders aren’t serious, and for the past few decades it’s devolved into a spectacle. It stresses me the fuck out.

            The past week I’ve lived with my windows wide open, so I need to take particular care that I don’t just… tip out of them. Our idiot politics don’t help in that regard.