Perhaps a Pirate Party?
In this 2007 publicity photo released by Walt Disney Pictures, actor Johnny Depp appears in a scene from “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.”
Our two-party system is awfully contentious. Perhaps we need a Pirate Party like Sweden?
The eyes of the world are often on Sweden when it comes to file-sharing. It was once the home of The Pirate Bay, and also the place where the first Pirate Party was founded. These two pillars have become increasingly entwined over the past years.
In May 2006, a few months after the Pirate Party was founded, it saw a sharp increase in members after Swedish police raided The Pirate Bay’s servers. As a result the Party gained interest from the mainstream media and at the general elections in the same year it became the third largest party outside parliament. Posted at TorrentFreak.com Read more.
If we do establish a Pirate Party, who should be its leader?
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