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Patrick Breyer and Pirate Party lose EU Parliament seats (stackdiary.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Patrick Breyer, a staunch defender of digital rights, laments the Pirate Party’s exit from the EU Parliament as a blow to online privacy.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

These results are just a drop in the bucket in relation to the grim state of German election results and overall societal discourse.

There's not much room for optimism right now. Very dark skies ahead and things may get much worse before they will become better.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Same in Belgium, how is this the new reality seemingly everywhere???

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Mass propaganda and some reeeeeaaaaalllly stupid people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

MAGA has entered the chat.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The parties in power are failing to address the problems ordinary people are facing. Problems like the excessive immigration of people from Asian countries, the insane housing prices, rising cost of living etc. People are looking for alternatives.

These extremists know exactly what the problems are and how to talk about them. They also know better to meet people where they are, like on social media. To most people who are ignorant of politics, these parties seem to solve all their problems.

And let's be real, half the population is below average intelligence. Way too many people don't realize or even worse, don't care, about what these parties are really about.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Pretty much the same propaganda "package" is being used all over the world.

Governments work hard and spend billions of public money to try to stay in power, they spend these in modern and technological warfare too.