The Pirate Party: Could They Win in the Czech Republic & Across Europe? - TLDR News

[@czechoslovakpatriot4773]

Fun fact: In the Czech Republic and Slovakia we actually use "Ahoj" as the most common informal greeting.

[@samueltrusik3251]

AHOJ ME HEARTY. Čauko kamoš, zdravím zo Slovenska!

[@czechoslovakpatriot4773]

@@samueltrusik3251 Nazdar, zdravím ťa z Moravy. :)

[@Julianna.Domina]

More (or less, depending on who you are) fact: They (or at least many other countries, I'd assume Chzechia isn't a standout here) do so because Alexander Graham Bell, the owner of the cellphone, wanted "Ahoy!" to be the standard answer when answering the phone, and ideally in general. It was just his personal preference, and unfortunately in most of the world, he didn't get his way. We really do live in the darkest timeline

[@alvaroop6307]

That's quite odd considering the fact that both countries are land-locked

[@elwoodzmake]

Or 'Čau pičo!" 🤣

[@chelsis857]

I would really love for you to make a video about the upcoming Czech election, not just the Pirate party

[@MikeGill87]

Yeah. Especially about the wide selection of nazi parties we have running this year. :-)

[@chelsis857]

@@MikeGill87 Wide?

[@nickgreu4ever]

I’ll summarize it for you. Babiš will win and corruption and his wealth will continue getting bigger. Things move very slowly in Czech Republic, especially when the communist loving countryside will still vote for him despite of the complete fuck up of a president he is. 30.000 souls were lost due to his incompetence during the pandemic….

[@supernachomachoman4031]

@@MikeGill87 jaké nacistické strany? Jsem si jist, že Dělnická strana byla rozpuštěna v roce 2009 a že jejich umírněná verze má nulovou šanci na výhru.

[@evzenvarga9707]

@@chelsis857 the only real nazi party was actually banned, just libtards think everything on the right as nazi.

[@xway2]

Of course it's just a joke but I think it's kind of funny how you characterise the Swedish pirate party as being upset that the Czechs copied them. I think the entire point is that that's allowed and even encouraged!

[@swanky_yuropean7514]

I don't think they coppied them. Its more like a pan european franchise.

[@MikeGill87]

@@swanky_yuropean7514 Not pan Europan; global. We have parties in Venezuela, Chile, Tunisia, Russia, Japan, Brasil, Australia...

[@Maxoverpower]

@@MikeGill87 let me inform you that Russia does not have political parties.

[@MinecraftMasterNo1]

@@MikeGill87 A party in Venezuela? bruh they be dead from famine soon. gg.

[@MikeGill87]

@@Maxoverpower Well, they're not registered as a political party, off course. They tried once and the official reply was that they promote naval piracy, which is illegal, so they wouldn't be registered.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

It would make good memes if the politicians lost to the Pirate Party.

[@surprisedlobsta8543]

I mean, they wouldn't be the first Pirate Party to be successful, considering Pirate Party Iceland

[@CaptainD0dge]

Pirate Party: "Look at me. I'm the captain now."

[@Julianna.Domina]

Well, the pirate party are politicians too.

[@25thturtle48]

Somalian pirate party was also pretty successful

[@mikeoxsmal8022]

@@25thturtle48 the most successive

[@jamesbowdler609]

Pirate parties becoming more 'Salient' lol. The writers know how to have fun.

[@dstinnettmusic]

Shiver me timbers I almost missed that one

[@toobalkain]

@@dstinnettmusic I missed it, I'm not a native speaker, what's funny about salient?

[@maritimedelayer]

@@toobalkain It sounds like "Sail"

[@dstinnettmusic]

@@toobalkain it sounds like Sail in American accented English.

[@elwinowen5469]

Another thing to mention about Pirate parties (and the Czech one particularly) is that they have very ambitious climate goals on par with Green parties, but are pro-science enough to be pro-nuclear power (unlike the Greens).

[@jakubklesa]

Yes, Pirates care about climate, but are also pragmatic about how to achieve carbon neutral. They do data-driven politics.

[@LuisAldamiz]

That's bad. We can actually change to solar + hydrogen already. Being pro-nuclear is self-defeating.

[@jakubklesa]

@@LuisAldamiz Nuclear energy is the best source of energy we currently have. But I am looking foward to fusion! :)

[@elwinowen5469]

@@LuisAldamiz Nuclear is among the least environmentally destructive energy sources (better than solar at the very least). Building solar panels require certain rare metals and involve industrial processes that are extremely polluting. The dangers from nuclear energy are overblown and can be solved through safer designs (such as exist in Canada), and the storage issue is minor since the volume of waste produced is little and the strongest radioactive elements decay after a few years. In short, we need to use any way we can to lower carbon emissions. Green activists in many countries have led to nuclear power being replaced with coal or natural gas, which kill several orders of magnitude more people per energy produced than nuclear, and produce tons of carbon emissions while nuclear produces none.

[@linusholmstrom876]

@@LuisAldamiz As far as I understand it and please anyone who knows better correct me, it is not that we can't create enough energy with renewables it is that most of them are unstable sources. The power grid needs to be more or less perfectly balanced at all times, ie the same amount of energy that is produced has to be consumed. If there is too much energy in the grid stuff breaks, too little the lights go out. the trouble with wind and solar is that the amount of energy produced changes a lot and that change is be hard to predict. So something that is reliable and easily controllable is needed to supplement wind and solar. The only two energy sources that fulfill that requirement and are carbon neutral, are hydro and nuclear. And sadly there is far too little hydro, or its way too disruptive to the local eco system. So the only viable technology that is available NOW to make our energy production carbon neutral is nuclear. All the other options, like fusion and better battery technology are decades out.

[@technetium9653]

Do you know what's fucked up my grandmother who's now dead, was in the age demographic of the Beatles, my nephew who was born last year will probably not be alive when any of their songs enter the public domain, 4-5 generations of copyright is utterly absurd

[@lagautmd]

It's all about Disney and other big media which own big franchises.

[@conquestv4024]

@@lagautmd >be disney >start to build most of your early (also most) successful film directly from the public domain "snow white, sleeping beauty, beauty and the beast, etc..." >immediately realised that your character are going into the public domain (so younger artist can go the exact same thing) >immediately starts doing corruption (oops sorry honest mistake the american call it lobbying) >permanently fucks up litterly 3 generations understanding of copyrights. >profit

[@honzicc]

it's reasonable

[@tedcrilly46]

@@honzicc 4-5 generations is a bit much. 2 I could understand.

[@bourbon4033]

@@conquestv4024 they can raise an army or destroy the us economy on purpose at this point

[@ToppledTurtle834]

The worst thing is that the shortening of copyright is actually quite sensible. It is really extremely long now. Same with the patent thing. It sounds really reasonable what they try to do there

[@DomenBremecXCVI]

The name makes them sound like everything from a joke to a serious threat, but a lot of the policies make A LOT of sense, on top of the fact that those policies are original and not used by other parties... Just makes them a very quality political party.

[@SuperSmashDolls]

Yes, it's sensible, but the problem is that it offends the capitalist class. You can see this with right-to-repair in the US. Hilariously high public support in a country otherwise utterly fucked by culture war politics. No politician is willing to touch it - specifically because they don't want to be the first to go on the record as supporting something considered "fringe" and getting attacked by their colleagues and donors for it. This isn't a nebulous conspiracy or anything - it's a matter of fact as to how economics structures politics. It's analogous to the "resource curse" that causes petrostates to form.

[@davidlubkowski7175]

germany at least has like the only successfull green party in europe or the world

[@MrMediator24]

@@davidlubkowski7175 I guess Biden is now "fringe"

[@davidwuhrer6704]

@@davidlubkowski7175 The Green party is part of the current Austrian government. (And they didn't make Austria invade Iraq.)

[@SuperTonyony]

It is ludicrous that a corporation should be able to own exclusive rights to something that was invented decades ago by a long-dead person.

[@paul1979uk2000]

I agree and I think major reforms of copyright and patent laws are needed as the rules we have mostly seems to serve the rich elites. 10 years for both doesn't seem like a bad idea with the exception of some things that have a massive investment which could take longer than 10 years to get their money back and make a profit on it but in most cases, it's usually less than 10 years.

[@gediminaskucinskas6952]

If you want he progress you have to fight against patent. Patent is a tool to stop the progress so that inventor (or his representations) can reap the benefits while stiffling the progress. Why after brothers Wrights invention US plane innovation plummeted while Europe's rose? Its because US inventors had to respect Wrights patients while Europe did not give a shit about it. The result was that at the start of WW1 US was still in stone age in terms of aviation compared to the Europe.

[@Halesnaxlors]

Yes, and the period of exclusive rights seems to mysteriously increase every time Mickey Mouse is about to fall into public property...

[@nunosilva187]

If you are angry about that imagine your reaction when you discover that China just stole the biggest producer's of microprocessors digital patents

[@paul1979uk2000]

@@gediminaskucinskas6952 It's not so much that patents and copyrights are bad, it's how long they last which is all messed up. They need to find the right balanced where theres a incentive to invent something but not enough to profit on it for too long as that holds progress back.

[@MikeGill87]

We made it! :-) I'm the general secretary of the Pirate Parties International, but was also the campaign manager of the bus in 2017, shown in that clip. I also played the bodyguard threatening to do some harm to Ivan's face. :-) If anyone has any questions about the Pirate movement or the Czech Pirates specifically, feel free to ask. Anyway, thanks, TLDR, for noticing us. I certainly do hope that my Czech Pirates will do as best as possible and thus help other Pirate Parties in their attempts to fix the broken system in their respective countries. Having a decent and neutral English-speaking video on the topic helps us immensely. Thanks.

[@daxasd3270]

wish you all the best boyz. ... was a huge fan like 8y ago, but the german pirates went to the left, struggled internaly and absolutely lost the fokus. Also with the migration crisis 2015 people sort of lost the attention to digital spheres in general.

[@emizerri]

Hello! Keep up the great work Mike :)

[@theamazinghippopotomonstro9942]

We need you guys in America

[@peterrussell6029]

That was the best political campaign ad I've ever seen ... well done 👍

[@MikeGill87]

@@theamazinghippopotomonstro9942 There are a few local parties in the US, but to be honest, imho, the US political system is broken beyond repair.

[@pjschaaf414]

It took me a minute to realize why they could play so much of a song without getting a copyright claim....then I realized I might actually like these guys 😂

[@filip2cz]

4:08 A little explanation of the context in this clip: 4:11 "Čapí Hnízdo" is the name of one of the alleged subsidy scams of Andrej Babiš (Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and Chairman of the ANO political movement). 4:12 "Prototože my jsme ti hlídací psi" translates as "Because we are the watchdogs", meaning that they are trying to make sure that there is no corruption in the Czech government, aimed mainly at the aforementioned Andrej Babiš. 4:14 "Pusťte nás na ně!" = "Let us at them!" "OKD" on the door is the name of one of the biggest financial scandals of our time. More info: (unfortunately only in Czech, but I believe the translator will help) 4:18 Lyrics of the song, in quotation marks is possible context: They blackmailed with impunity, transferred for free, then got angry that people cheated them. (He's aiming at the subsidy scams of the leader of the ANO movement) In paradise the walls open, out comes the gorilla to edit the truth and kill yours. ("Gorrila" is used in the Czech language as, for example, a simile for a powerful person who interferes a lot in things she is not supposed to interfere in) We're not a dragon, we're not a dragon, we're not a sled so let us on. (dragon here means evil dragon) Not everything was easy to translate, so I tried to explain it sometimes (for example, "saně" translates translator as sledge, but dragon is more accurate because saně is a homonym)

[@christinehakimova6328]

Thank you!!

[@Haluna11]

tbh im Czech and idek what "My nejsme saně" is supposed to mean, maybe that we are not so easily maneuverable like sledges ?

[@filip2cz]

@@Haluna11 It's theoretically possible, but I would still prefer to call the saně = dragon, as they are not the evil dragons that will destroy the Czechia.

[@vanacraft]

My nejsme saně samozřejmě znamená, že nejsou devítihlavé lidožravé příšery, v jednotném čísle saň.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

Alleged? Aren't the paradise papers proof?

[@eksortso]

The Pirate parties fascinate me. I don't consider myself on the left, but they're bringing up a lot of good points. From an American/U.S. perspective, I think copyright and patent reforms are sorely needed, especially in the cases of software and pharmaceuticals.

[@gabe.6273]

Join the left.

[@PalkkiTT]

@@gabe.6273 🚩

[@gabe.6273]

@@PalkkiTT Yes. Libertarian socialism to be exact.

[@PalkkiTT]

@@gabe.6273 Good to find a comrade here.

[@tomasdvorak6426]

The Czech Pirate Party is not "left" by any means. It stands on the left side of the "center" point, practically being a liberal centrist party.

[@mix3k818]

EU copyright at first glance sounds okay until you realize copyright protection of intellectual property lasts 70 years + life of author. EDIT: and to be fair, USA is guilty of this too

[@sirdeadlock]

Right? How is anybody supposed to teach their (grand) kids about stuff if everything they grew up with is illegal to share without owning an original copy? Copyright laws hasten the loss of cultural knowledge and story telling. Sure, maybe exceptions are made for education, but when that's happening is for the courts to decide.

[@prkp7248]

It is crated in order to protect family of author.

[@sirdeadlock]

@@prkp7248 Did you know that Jackie Chan has said he will not be passing his wealth on to his heirs?

[@prkp7248]

@@sirdeadlock in not five, some actor is not authority for me.

[@noclafcz]

@@prkp7248 This has nothing to do with protection of the family anymore. The latest prolongation in the US was actually nicknamed "Mickey Mouse Protection Act" - guess why...

[@vladimirstrunga37]

The Czech Pirate party is scaring all the old established (and mostly corrupted) parties in CR. The secondary students's trial elections in schools this year proved Pirates as no.1 for youth. They are very trusted, extremely bright and innovative. I see them as the next leading party in the Czech Republic. It's just a question of time.

[@Stuchlej]

Scaring? They went into a coalition with STAN :D Before them, it was TOP09 (again with STAN) mind you, not exactly anti-establishment party. Students do not vote for the party they think has the best program, they vote for the party that is "the coolest" and most popular amongst their peers. And what was cooler than the Duke with the pipe :D

[@qwertyCandy]

Don't they win the student's trial election every year, though? I voted in that 10 years ago and they were already number 1 back then. Until more young people come to the actual elections, instead of leaving voting mostly to the senior population, there won't be any major changes. Even the current change is primarily good old ODS's return to power...

[@sitrueis4007]

Youth is inexperienced, they will lose their idealistic outlook after leaving school.

[@TheRealKingLeopoldII]

The Luxembourgish Pirate Party is also in the national parliament with 2 of the 60 seats! I thought you were going to mention that.

[@MikeGill87]

So are the Icelandic Pirates. They got mentioned but not that they've been in their parliament for years now.

[@icelandinreallife2042]

@@MikeGill87 The Icelandic Pirates have lost most of they'r identity. If they wouldn't call themselves Pirates, I don't think anyone would recognize them as such.

[@icelandinreallife2042]

Iceland's pirates once gained 10 out of the Althingi's 63 seats. They are also on the governing coalition in the Reykjavík city council. Just sayin.

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@icelandinreallife2042 - Why?

[@icelandinreallife2042]

@@LuisAldamiz They'r most ideologically driven MPs Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Helgi Hrafn and more have ether left or are not running for re-election. The more vocally social justice minding members remain and they were also joined by a disgruntled Left Green Party MP. And while they used to champion free speech issues they've now evolved to frame anything critical of social justice as just hate speech. The Pirates used to also be very good at catching headlines by being different and appearing radical, but they seem to have lost that charm. - You can learn more on my channel ;) but I don't really talk that much about the Pirates... lots of other parties to cover in Iceland.

[@TheBlindGeek]

The Icelandic Pirate Party has been in parliament since 2013 and is currently part of the ruling coalition of the Reykjavík city council.

[@icelandinreallife2042]

Yes... in the most popular and well functioning Reykjavík city council coalition ever!

[@oligultonn]

Er sammála. Vann á dráttavél í sumar og síðasta útborgunin mín var næstum því 500.000kr! Takk Píratar!

[@icelandinreallife2042]

@@oligultonn Ókey, gott að þeir séu alla vega að hugsa vel um starfsfólk borgarinnar. Ég bara samgleðst þér kallinn, árið 2012, þegar ég var seinast að vinna hjá sveitafélaginu mínu við slátt vorum við einmitt oft að gera grín að Reykjavík vegna þess m.a. hvað þeir borguðu sláttu-fólkinu sínu illa.

[@lukassvoboda4155]

Prague´s mayor is from pirate party as well.

[@jorgenstudios3791]

WOOOW, this channel is the best! I have suggested this topic and they have actually made a video about it. RESPECT!

[@MatejDrbohlav01]

They are actually right now one of the few decent political representations at Czechia so definitely, it would be a good twist for us if they win.

[@realemperorkuzco]

Based for a country whose word for hello is "Ahoj!"

[@adoscz9812]

I was waiting for this video about my country, finally ! Maybe there could be other parties discussed too.

[@esajpsasipes2822]

*Translation of the full song in google translate:* They starred with impunity, transferred free of charge, then they were upset that people had deceived them. The walls open in paradise, a gorilla comes out, to correct the truth and kill yours. We are not sledges, we are not sledges, we are not sledges, so let us on them. *(here the song is cut in this video)* Everyone stole, he said, repeated for four years, he just didn't add that he was one of them. We will fight for you, we will not give up, no vote will be lost, we will fight for you!

[@MikeGill87]

Sledges. :-) Yeah, it's the same word, but in this context it means "dragons". :-) sleighs and dragons in Czech is all the same - "saně"

[@petrkubik6487]

Pretty decent translation. Just one major correction: "saně" is not sledges, but it means dragons (the evil kind specifically, not the cool ones). But I have to admit, imagining them having a campain build on the fact that they are NOT sledges is very funny. Also the first line should be something more like "They lost them without punishment, transferred free of charge" Basically implying they stole money from the state.

[@AhimtarHoN]

@@MikeGill87 haha, as a Slovak I was wondering why are they claiming not to be sledges lol. TIL about the second meaning

[@esajpsasipes2822]

@@MikeGill87 didn't know that, i always thought "dragons" were just and only "draci"

[@esajpsasipes2822]

@@petrkubik6487 as i said, it's just what google translate yelled out. I was too lazy to translate it myself.

[@randomwa1027]

I was looking forward to this PP video. Thank you TLDR for considering the requests that we send to you.

[@Unknownmonkey13]

As a swedish pirate partyist I'm extremely happy to see our Czech friends doing so well!

[@MikeGill87]

Thanks. We do our best. Good luck to you to getting into the spotlight once again too.

[@jaga7752]

Unfortunately, they are not doing so well lately.

[@Unknownmonkey13]

@@jaga7752 They're doing a whole lot better than us

[@rustcohle3088]

Well since Prime minister and ANO voters+ nationalits are calling them neo-comunists/neo-marxists its uphill battle... also they are LGBTQ+ friendly wanting to allow adpotion and marriage. They are overall progresive party that doesnt sit well with older generations. But i think time is in favor of such ideas and few dekades from now we might see great progress.

[@Jigachader]

theyre neomarxists and noone wants them back, our parents and grandparents marched in the streets in 1989 for freedom, no thanks, we dont want a czechistan here

[@mortuos557]

6:00 sounds like an interesting video waiting to happen.

[@evaluna8100]

Everyone : Pirate this and pirate that..... Me : Iceland has Blasphemy laws?! 😳😳😳

[@MikeGill87]

Yeah, there's a lot of sad quirks like that sprinkled all over Europe.

[@icelandinreallife2042]

We have quite a few strange laws like that.

[@oligultonn]

My man it is necessary. It is why hve pirate party will never win here because they want to repeal stuff like that. If they would not dabble into stuff like that and actually dealing with serious stuff like the extreme rampant corruption in our fishing industry and start the promotion of Icelandic values and the Icelandic language. They would probably get further then now. I personally like a ton of their values but a lot of what the most Pirate parties ate fighting for is not really relevant to Iceland. Except corruption. Our corruption is pretty bad.

[@mastermati773]

When you have no access to a see, yet the most successful pirates of the world.

[@fantasy9917]

Before WW2, there was a saying "the air is our sea" (referring to the air force). The Pirates have a slogan "the internet is our sea". We seem to be obsessed with the lack of sea.

[@richardvsetecka1519]

@@fantasy9917 we were since the middle ages when premysl otakar the second marched down to fucking slovenia to get us a coast

[@emizerri]

Fun fact: There was a Pirate Party in the UK, but it dissolved at the end of 2020 following its lack of membership and complete inability to win any seats due to the FPTP system.

[@Lawfair]

I haven't watched the video yet, but my answer to the question in the title card is: I hope so.

[@MikeGill87]

thanks

[@Doman9191]

We wont vote them

[@robeagleR]

Got to be the greatest Pirate I've ever seen...

[@nicolebelcher6769]

This is great! The issue of copyright is often overlooked, but it actually has a huge effect on our creation of art. Huge media corporations control the most culturally relevant pieces of media and instead of allowing us to create huge corroborative pieces of art we end up with the same media being repackaged and sold to us again and again in order to conserve the copyright. Sometimes companies will buy licensing rights to media and then bury it making it impossible to produce anything regarding the piece, effectively killing it. It just allows for the further consolidation of entertainment mega corps (of which Disney is the worst) allowing them to propagate their own propaganda in huge volumes with consumers unable to ignore it.

[@MikeGill87]

Perfectly summarised. Thanks.

[@piratizaslobodu]

It's the "Ajvan" Bartoš for me.

[@MikeGill87]

Yeah, that pronunciation wasn't the best... :D

[@holakfun8243]

The funniest thing is that I got the an ad from the party before watching the video .

[@AyanaDesign]

It's so funny to hear Czech names in English. You did it really good! Great video!

[@Ryan98063]

I was once the VP of the Pirate Party of Canada. I'm pleased to see a Pirate Party gain traction anywhere in the world

[@xeanderman6688]

I'm so glad you covered this topic. Thank you very much and cheers from Czech Republic

[@SkupinaVT]

that aged well

[@HradebniProdukce]

Well... Actually no in the end :D

[@GHejdukova]

I am the chair of the Young Pirates in the Czech Republic ;) Thanks for the mentioning our party.

[@MikeGill87]

Čau. Klidně přilož ruku k dílu a pomož mi reagovat. :-D

[@theultimatefreak666]

Young? Watch who you associate with there. Be twice as careful as with other groups just in case you have similar problems to the German counterpart or people with similar ideas to the original (swedish) founder Seriously our pirate party is dead thanks to pedophilia scandals and the Swedish founder wants to legalize c... P 0 я n (that word is very filtered, so sorry for how weird it looks. I feel like it needs to be mentioned)

[@MikeGill87]

@@theultimatefreak666 I don't really get what you're saying...

[@theultimatefreak666]

@@MikeGill87 so apparently I used a word that caused deletion of the comment explaning it a bit, so attempt 2: I'm saying Young people/youth wing should be wary around members of a party that in two countries already had a known problem with pedophilia. Obviously I'm not saying they all are, but just as euroscepticism pulls in identitarians internet privacy pulls in people who want to view illegal material online (often p 0 я N made with... Less than adult actors)

[@theultimatefreak666]

I really don't know what word triggers deletion... I'm just trying to reiterate that (if it's same age range as in Germany) the "young party" could have 14 year Olds Now that would put 14 year olds in a group plagued by "minor attracted people"

[@Yantar_ez]

You can say whatever you want, but The Pirate Party has the best soundtrack.

[@miroslavhoudek7085]

I really wouldn't say that pirates are too far left from the center. They are basically much like the other center or right-center parties, but they attach the word "digital" after everything. The right-center party would say "We will ensure more houses are being built" and the Czech Pirate Party would say "We will ensure more houses are being built by digitization of the government processes and establishing a simplified e-government website for citizens". They don't have any socialist talking points whatsoever, I consider them to be more of a center-right party. Full disclosure: I support them financially and will vote for them, because there's no viable alternative, they are the least terrible party. (But still pretty terrible).

[@jakubklesa]

I support them too and I also think they are center-right liberal party. Why do you think they are still pretty terrible?

[@Pedanta]

I'd love to hear more about the EPPO!

[@annakropacova9144]

Im from Czech republic...and I love for "Ajván Báhtós" ...

[@patrik5123]

Sometimes, I feel a little proud that I was part of the PP in Sweden before we got voted into the EU. Most times though, I'm saddened that it didn't last, nor make nearly a big enough impact as it should have.

[@MikeGill87]

Well, the Swedish Pirates were still more successful than most parties, of any persuasion, out there. Getting people elected to the EP is no small feat.

[@zemom.a.8171]

The swedish PP still stands tho. Swedish being in the EU doesnt change their success.

[@MelchiorPhilips]

They're still going, there's still time.

[@matousblazejroldan2014]

As a Czech Young voter, I can say there is a lot of information missing about Czech Pirate Party (CPP). Their decline was caused by varios scandals regarding their members promoting censorship on internet, enormous taxation on wealthy people (new 23% tax), solving housing crisis by limiting living space to 30m2 per person and taxating anything above it and many others. CPP has shifted to the left and are no longer a center party, but left to far-left party. In Czech Republic by some newspapers they have been named as the communists of internet era. Quite a dangerous party.

[@jakubklesa]

So many lies. You just believe desinformation.

[@Alex-df4lt]

I agree. Pirates are liberal left and basically communists of 21th century. Communists were a progressive movement in early 20th century too. Full of extreme ideas. A little progresivism is good, too much is harmful, just like with other political leanings.

[@jakubklesa]

@@Alex-df4lt They are liberal center. And there is nothing communist about them.

[@Alex-df4lt]

@@jakubklesa Nope, they have radical members who came up with those ideas. They are a pig in a poke.

[@Alex-df4lt]

@@jakubklesa It would never occur to a center party to stipulate living space for people and tax everyone who owns more. There are more very revealing ideas from them. If you prefer to vote for Pirate communists fine, but don't complain about the old generation.

[@antyspi4466]

A few years ago, Germany´s Pirate Party had quite some success, but after a while fell apart, as a basically protest and anarchist party encountered real problems when it came to the daily grind of political work, developing party positions and keeping party factions from attacking each other over all kinds of issues and positions.

[@janaussiger4111]

Well as I wrote somewhere else in this comment section, the other parties have similar if not greater inner struggles. But those happen outside of the public scrutiny. A lot of commentators had even said it outright in 2012-2015 that the Pirate problem isn't the struggles, but the fact that they happen publicly. The other side of that coin is that the "standard" parties make decisions for internal reason but the public doesn't know why. There is no logical reason for people like Anja Karliczek or Andy Scheuer to be ministers of anything but their assignments are part of careful balancing inside the CDU/CSU. That's good for the party and its image, but pretty horrific for the actual functioning of the state. But it its what the german voter prefers. Just look at how everyone was stoked on Annalena Baerbock even though there was 0 transparency in her Spitzenkandidatin assignment as opposed to the CDU/CSU.

[@zemom.a.8171]

@@janaussiger4111 there was. They even held a livestream when she was voted to be the partys cancellor candidate.

[@janaussiger4111]

@@zemom.a.8171 Yeah, she was voted in. But as the only candidate.

[@zemom.a.8171]

@@janaussiger4111 she was not the only candidate. She was the leader of the federal party along with robert habeck and when the greens voted, they backed baerbock with up to 98% Of course only the leads of the federal party would be qualified as chancellor candidate. Federal state("bundesland") leaders wouldnt make sense

[@kevinhoulihan7666]

Julia Reda was a great voice in the EU parliament for a while there

[@Smokey_AM]

A video on the EPPO would be cool. It's not as covered by classic media and it's something people should know about.

[@davidbodor1762]

I didn't know this was a thing but they sound super cool.

[@MikeGill87]

Thanks. Start by searching Pirate Parties International and start from there. :-)

[@Doman9191]

No they sucks, we wont vote them. Only woke 18 yo women vote them.

[@L4wr3nc3810]

It is!!!

[@curanki8868]

eh, I wouldn't call them cool, but they are definitely the best choice we have right now

[@justADeni]

@@Doman9191 lmao, you wish

[@supervegito2277]

2:08 So basically,if you cant buy it anywhere, because its not sold, you can download it without it being illegal? Nintendo is gonna flip their lid if this goes through lol.

[@Posiman]

I see the Pirate Party as a party that represents the interests of us, millenials and zoomers. Not only tackling Climate Change, not just getting ahead in digitalisation but also making housing more affordable. I'm Czech and I'm gonna vote for them.

[@filozof90]

V deníku referendum žádní zoomeři nepracují. Hrát si po třicítce na mladíka je trapné.

[@Posiman]

@@filozof90 Já ale nemluvím o Deníku referendum.

[@Posiman]

@@filozof90 A nepíšu "mladíci", píšu "mileniálové," to je generace od půlky 80. let, tzn. těm nejstarším už začíná táhnout na 40.

[@filozof90]

@@Posiman Potom je otázka, proč tady mileniál mluví za zoomery.

[@Doman9191]

@@Posiman Já je nechci, mluv za sebe

[@dagmarmedabrejlova8825]

thanks for this! hi from a czechias pirate party voter

[@danielthomas5228]

If I lived in the Czech Republic I know who would get my vote.

[@Doman9191]

Good that you dont live there.

[@sajss99cz]

@@Doman9191 classic toxic Czech boi :D čekám argument jako : nOVoDobÝ kOMunIsTi

[@Doman9191]

@@sajss99cz Však to jsou novodobý komunisti

[@sajss99cz]

@@Doman9191 ano jsou trochu levice ale ne tak jako ČSSD nebo KSČM, ale sám kvulintomu bych radši volil SPOLU

[@Nejedlej07]

@@Doman9191 Jakým způsobem?

[@UndercoverPirate69]

Step by step the Pirates seem to become something serious. I'm member too now even in NL and it's even slowly forming a global organization. Most people laugh about it and suddenly it becomes a reality. In 20 years The Pirate Party will be a far more serious player on the board also on the EU level. Basically it's political innovation that goes against the old style dusty style based on a simple principle taken from the Pirate Republic centuries ago. Now we are back without the guns, violence and raids going against the old colonies.

[@sitrueis4007]

Most of them lean too much to marxism... which is theirs downfall. I voted for czech pirate party just cause of copyright and digitalisation of goverment in both they failed.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

Gandhi battle plan: 1. They ignore you. 2. They laugh at you. 3. They fight you. 4. You win. 5. ??? 6. PROFIT!!!

[@willieclark2256]

I love love love the 'weird fringe party breakdowns'

[@MikeGill87]

Well, calling the Czech Pirates "fringe" is not really fair anymore. Having been the third biggest party in the parliament for years now.

[@willieclark2256]

@@MikeGill87 I was referring to the portion of the video focused on pirate parties more generally. The part about Czech politics was great too, but I was making an assessment about a trend in TLDRs output.

[@jakubekch.3621]

Ngl they make more sense than law and justice party in Poland

[@MikeGill87]

Law and Justice in Poland is outright clerical fascism party. We're humanist/liberals. Fuck yeah we make more sense.

[@MikeGill87]

@Hindenburg Yeah. Stripping women and gays of human rights might feel good to some, I agree. Not to me though.

[@kebabson3797]

@Hindenburg please just don’t think that all people in the Czech Republic are as dumb as this guy. we have good people and bad people like every country.

[@jakubekch.3621]

@Hindenburg safer? Absolutely But it's by no means overall "better"

[@fantasy9917]

@Hindenburg Yeah, that's why Polishmen are working all over the world instead of enjoying the little theocracy you've got there.

[@Se05239]

I'd not mind seeing the Pirate Party to become and actual legitimate party. The internet is being restricted and censored.

[@slimyklerburt9590]

I support these policies of theirs but no way am I gonna vote for them because i m m i g r a n t s and g a y m a r r i d g e

[@mr.p215]

@@slimyklerburt9590 immigrants I can understand, not support but understand. But gay marriage? Why? How does a gay couple being able to marry legally affects you any way? And I swear if you say it goes against the church, please keep in mind it is your church not necessarily their too.

[@slimyklerburt9590]

@@mr.p215 I dont believe in marrige at all unless for religious reasons

[@Doman9191]

@@mr.p215 We dont support lgbt here in Eastern Europe.

[@accurategamer7085]

What makes you think they won't do the same?

[@Rais-Codex]

"I don't need sleep, I need answers!"

[@MyoEdiacarov-ui8sk]

I identified as a pirate once

[@icelandinreallife2042]

Glad to see you made a recovery x'D

[@janaussiger4111]

Also worth mentioning is that Czechia had most Covid-related death per Capita in Europe (including Russia) under Babiš and his goverment (mostly yes men from his company). This is what was responsible for the huge upsoar of opposition parties. Why did that get reversed? Well, people simply chose to forget Covid and it's victims (some 30+ thousand). the population wants to pretend it never happened, which is why there are currently no plans on how to deal with the new mutations. And voting for Babiš is a part of trying to get the good old pre-pandemic times back. It makes 0 sense, but it works emotionally.

[@collectthebread]

Fun fact: Bartoš's bangers are so good cuz he's a DJ himself

[@barrellluca1672]

Loving ur videos- I'd b very interested in a video on the whole Czech election!

[@briangarrow448]

Anyone who can rock an accordion is worth a listen in my book!

[@MikeGill87]

And he's not alone. We have two MPs who can play. :-)

[@stepankrikava5449]

3:57 that pronounciation is gold "aaywha bartos" it is "e van bartosh"

[@FlorelaFTW]

Spoiler alert: Aaaaaaand they failed. 4 out of 200 seats. But they will still propably be in the coallition running the country, so there's that.

[@danielt2505]

I'm Czech myself and am all for the copyright and electronical stuff, but I despise their social policies. It's just corrosive and will bring division between the population.

[@Alex-df4lt]

Do research about progressive left. Pirates identify as a progressive movement, therefore they will naturally be left wing as that's what progressives are internationally nowadays. To appeal to wide political spectrum they call themselves centrists. They are evolution of socialists/communists.

[@JakeBassCZ]

1) Which Pirate social policies do you despise? 2) How do said policies divide population? 3) What brings You to conclusion that population is not already deeply divided?

[@VictorECaplon]

Gosh the pirate party sounds so appealing! And yes please do a video on EPPO.

[@MikeGill87]

I joined in 2012; it was a perfectly sane decision even back then, before any success came.

[@Paerigos]

And the czech ones just steadily fall in polls from first place to third... and it does not seem to get better for them...

[@jakubklesa]

@@Paerigos They will get better. Polls in summer are just not accurate because young people are not interested in politics during holidays.

[@Paerigos]

@@jakubklesa thats happening for 3 months already.

[@jakubklesa]

@@Paerigos In june they were still 1st.

[@TheArctofireHD]

I really hope Czechia gets its first pirate prime minister, but only time will tell.

[@MikeGill87]

Thanks.

[@esajpsasipes2822]

@@MikeGill87 Myslím, že jestli Babiš nepadne letos, tak určitě padne příští volby, až nebude mít Zemana na hradě, co by ho podporoval (pokud lidi nezvolí Zemana druhého), a až na něj plně dolehne zadlužení státu a podobné věci, které způsobil. Ale kdo ví, jestli tou dobou už nebude pozdě. Taky mám pocit, že jestli padne Babiš (nebude premiérem), padne i ANO.

[@jakubklesa]

@@esajpsasipes2822 No jen aby Babiš pak nebyl prezidentem, to by jsme na pirátského premiéra mohli rovnou zapomenout.

[@ondrejgazda5197]

@@esajpsasipes2822 Jestliže Piráti změní kampaň a přestanou řešit uhlíkovou stopu zmrzliny (z toho jsem pomalu smíchy brečel) + skončí další jejich přešlapy který štvou tu ještě nerozhodnutou většinu, tak mají slušnou šanci uspět v dalších volbách, teď už to spíš projeli než vyhráli.

[@ondrejgazda5197]

@@jakubklesa No kandidovat bude určitě, jenom se teď dělá že ne, že prý má "moc" práce. Beztak to potom bude v druhým kole Pavel vs Babiš.

[@kosinusify]

Pirate Parties are really needed in today's politics. They stand for a sustainable future. Unfortunately, the German Pirate Party had a brief moderate success in the early 2010s, but has sinced vanished into irrelevance.

[@MikeGill87]

Yeah, well - to build a political party (without some billionaire's financing you) is a marathon, not a sprint. And the chance of success is slim at best. I would say maybe 10 % of political parties have a chance of ever becoming relevant. It's a lot of unpaid hard work most people would never think of putting into a project like that.

[@davidmalkus]

Actually in Czech they are something like a socialist party for young ppl... and we dont want that... its like a cancer

[@kosinusify]

@@davidmalkus Who is "we"? The Czech people? Well, a considerable part obviously seems to want it.

[@Thunder11110]

I didn't even know about those party until now, lmao. and probably a lot of people haven't too, since most people on internet seems to not like how modern days copyright laws is! but of course, that may just be the part of the internet where I at. anyway, have a good day. also sorry for any bad english!

[@konzack]

I may not agree with everything the Pirate Party stands for. But I recognize they actually have policies concerning contemporary issues unlike the old establishment and many other parties.

[@Timiren]

I am suddenly shocked to hear about my country on TLDR!

[@vertexshade]

"TLDR is all about getting you up to date with the news of today, without bias and without filter. " This is from the video description. The latest videos for Volt, Diem25 and the current video in question are portrayed very positive towards the parties in question. These parties happen (/s) to be very liberal and left-leaning, some might argue even far-left, radical or populist, although no such adjectives or labels are mentioned in those videos. So i'd really like to see You keep to your word of being without bias and without filter, and do some videos on conservative, right leaning or nationalistic parties with the same positive framing you have gifted to the forementioned liberal/left-wing/federalization political parties.

[@MikeGill87]

Being liberal is a good thing. Don't try to paint it as if it was something people should have different opinions on. Stagnation and being backwards is definitely not good for anyone.

[@vertexshade]

​@@MikeGill87 Im not saying it is a bad thing. I am quite liberal myself in fact. My intention is to point to the fact that the latest videos have been overly positive for the left-wing liberal parties, but I cannot find any such videos for conservative right-wing parties. Also: I see your bias in your message and I wont bite ;)

[@MikeGill87]

@@vertexshade Is there something good in being conservative? I don't really see it, in any aspect of life. And no offence, but the "good old" parties have been enjoying spotlight for decades. Is it really fair to necessarily promote them too if you wan't to talk about new hopefuls? I don't think so.

[@vertexshade]

​@@MikeGill87 You have the right to be as liberal biased as you can be, I dont really care. I'm addressing Tldr News for its promise on being "without bias".

[@pavelsanda3149]

Czech Pirate Party has spent most of the election campaing this year trying to persuade people they are not left-wing, even forming a coalition with a corrupt conservative party. It is a shame.

[@nolanthel0ser669]

As a person on the US Pirate Party(discord server), good luck!

[@aymankhan2266]

As an ex Muslim who plans on some day moving to Europe for a safer life, I find it very scary that a country like Iceland had blasphemy laws:/

[@MikeGill87]

Agreed. Europe as a whole is by far the most secular region in the world but still not enough. Especially when I think about countries like Slovakia or Poland where the Catholic Church still rules supreme through it's direct support to parties willing to promote bigotry and xenophobia. Even Czech Republic has some of it - a few people from the closest circle of the Prague Archbishop are openly running for one of the nazi parties.

[@angelikaskoroszyn8495]

@SuperduperobergruppenstuppentruppensturmStuka I live in Poland and my very woke friend doesn't like Ukrainians. Tell me: which other nation is more compatibile to Poland? We have common history, almost the same language and Orthodox Church is as conservative as Polish Catholic Church (Polish Catholic Church is more conservative than the new Pope - this is quite important when it comes to our internal politics). And yet she can't stand them Xenophobia doesn't care about compatibility. Because of Nazis and Communists we were both raised in a monocultural country and now she fears outsiders. They apparently steal our jobs or some other bullshit (she often forgets that Poles "steal" jobs in Western Europe and now we have labour shortage - we need Ukrainians) So I ask again: which nation would be compatibile to Poland? Who should we let in too deal with population decline? Nationalist political leaders will tell you "no one" while letting in rich investors and cheap labour

[@zemom.a.8171]

@@angelikaskoroszyn8495 nationalism will be the end of europe/the EU

[@esajpsasipes2822]

@@zemom.a.8171 well if nationalism "wins", we wouldn't vanish from the Earth, it's just that we would be as relevant as Africa.

[@zemom.a.8171]

@@esajpsasipes2822 even less relevant. Because africa at least has the african union with over 52 states.

[@tobypettit6417]

This video has made me subscribe, so please do more on this subject👍

[@JamesCh.]

Its fascinating how Czechs flood the comment sections under every single video that's released by a well-known foreign entity about them. Such a small country and so many open-minded people. It amazes me.

[@captainmorgan2530]

I wouldn't say that we are open minded. It's just nice to see something else about our country than just "Hey Prague is nice haha come visit".

[@zongaaa6673]

*sees pirate political party music video* Ok they've got my vote

[@martinstent5339]

Can anyone else here remember when the EU parliament voted to ban software patents and the EU commission immediately went into overdrive to squash the decision? Well, if we get enough pirates in the EU parliament we could expect more than just banning software patents! And about time too.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

If only the EU parliament could suggest legislation. Only the council and the commission, neither of which are elected, can do that. (And people's initiatives if they get at a million subcribers. Have you heard of any? (If you have, it was probably the one about saving the bees.)) At least the parliament is allowed to veto proposed legislation. Thanks to them, we have no software patents in Europe, and no patents on genetic code, numbers, theorems, and business models either. (Numbers can still be copyrighted though.)

[@Quyanxi]

Nicely explained (y), thanks! A wee insight from a Czech voter: it'd seem the main reason for the sudden and steady decline in the popularity of the PIRSTAN (Pirates & Mayors/independents) coalition is the mudslinging by the ANO party, further reinforced by President as well as other parties, namely SPD (right-wing extreme) who spread downright lies that people just buy. The reason behind the rise of the Pirates seen back in 2017 was that they'd set on a mission to fight corruption that plagues the country. The short promotional clip we've seen in this video shows a bus with pictures of different politicians known for their corruption affairs, with Babis being the most visible one as he's been accused of being in a conflict of interest (and has been investigated by EU's OLAF).

[@Stuchlej]

Fun fact, in the Czech Republic, the Pirate party's votes passed a law that allows the Police to seize any computer (or rather ANY digital system of ANY size) that may contain an evidence in a criminal investigation without a court approval. The owner is then required to upkeep said computer. If the owner fails to do so and something (anything) happens to the computer, the owner will be prosecuted.

[@Maussiegamer]

yes copyright laws are wya too strict rn

[@Mrs.THECOMMUNISTCHANNEL]

Are ya ready kids?

[@I-have-no-good-name]

The mayor of Prague is from the Pirate party I think

[@Hrotti]

You should dive deeper on the Icelandic pirate party... It's now polling as the third largest party... It also has really good policies

[@MikeGill87]

And just like Czechs and Luxembourgish, it's also part of the national parliament, a fact, which, sadly, didn't make it to the video.

[@icelandinreallife2042]

I think the Pirates are losing they'r identity in Iceland, by now they're just a sugerfree version of Left Green.

[@Hrotti]

@@icelandinreallife2042 except they are not left. Their stand on issues is usually data driven and based research, science and evidence.

[@icelandinreallife2042]

@@Hrotti Their stand on issues is usually data driven and based research, science and evidence. - Just like with most other political parties.

[@copacelu93]

I think the pirate party is bringing up a lot of good points that people have been making over the years. I really hope things turn out well for them

[@MikeGill87]

thanks

[@Doman9191]

I hope not, atleast not in Czechia

[@TheCaptainLulz]

Weve already done something like that in Canada. Pirating music and movies is legal, provided you don't in any way monetize it, as its considered equivalent to recording the radio or TV. If you monetize it, like say a YT video, even if YOU dont get the money, its monetized and you are in trouble. But, if its just goes on your device for your own listening or viewing, its legal here, as its equivalent to it being on the radio. Mabee you should approach it like that.

[@haydencrawford8552]

Really? Even as a Canadian I didn't know this

[@zemom.a.8171]

Ok but what if you managed to pirate something and add or remove something to make it different? The issue isnt just straight up piracy, the issue lies in what you can do with the content. Many would argue that creating some sort of remix from your audio recordings from a radio is enough to warrant you your own patent to that thing since you took old stuff and made something new. Yet law wont allow that for most of the cases because patent holders argue that thats making profit off of their content. THAT is the real issue. Its not that you keep it for ypurself for private use, its that you cant create & publish stuff made from already existing scraps.

[@TheCaptainLulz]

@@zemom.a.8171 That would be making money off of it and thus an infringement.

[@zemom.a.8171]

@@TheCaptainLulz then 50% of the spotify remixers would be earning their money illegally

[@TheCaptainLulz]

@@zemom.a.8171They already are. When the mainstream artists remix, the lawyers get them the permissions they need and pay a percentage in royalties. The fact that spotify doesnt care is irrelevant, they arent the ones breaking the law so they dont have to care.

[@vere9652]

5:55 Yes, please make a video about it

[@matokavka]

That EPPO would be interesting since I live in Czech republic, media in our country are saying that EU said that he is breaking the law (conflict of interest), but there is actually no proces how EU could do something about it, our governement could but the governemnt is Babis so.

[@pami333]

Go Pirates, go! You can make it!

[@smorcrux426]

Where can I hear that entire accordion song? It's magnificent

[@djri2984]

Put this in the KZbin browser: Piráti: Pusťte nás na ně

[@barry63196]

most people probably don't know this but notch, the creator of minecraft, is a member of the swedish pirate party

[@Zeithri]

DO WHAT YOU WANT 'CAUSE A PIRATE IS FREE YOU ARE A PIRATE! YARR HARR FIDDLIE DEE BEING A PIRATE IS SO GOOD TO BE! I'd love if Pirate Party would somehow win. Absolutely love it. I voted for them and will continue to do so.

[@jakubklesa]

I hope so too. They must win. I know Ivan Bartos personally and he is the best candidate for PM ever!

[@williamkarbala5718]

I've actually studied the political structure of pirates and they were quiet egalitarian and democratic. In the Barbary States and the Caribbean where the economy was maritime-based, Pirate Captains would get to vote on policy, and in the Caribbean the crews got to vote for the Captain.

[@CofIQ]

What is, from my perspective as a czech citizen, most appealing about the Pirate party in the Czech repubilc is their transparency and the amount of young enthusiastic people unspoiled by the politics of 90s, which were quite crazy and it was easy to get "dirty" back then. Other parties have been linked to scandals and are still until today backed by some shady people pushing their interests. Pirates do not carry this burden. So for me its mainly the mindset, scientific approach to solving problems and hope that they wont turn the same (corruped), as the former renowned parties.

[@aol8166]

Wasn't the leader of the Czech pirates party caught saying that he doesn't mind if Europe falls under Islam? That's treason right there. Do you want Prague to be a $hithole like Paris and London? Do you want to be replaced?

[@CofIQ]

@@aol8166 I believe he said something like he can imagine islamic culture in europe/czech republic. However, in the recent past, he altered the opinion as the unmanaged immigration and related problems is and will be the topic and a potential problem for the whole Europe. So he said something like that the immigration rules should be strict, but also reasonable. However, Czech republic is not a former colonial empire and doesnt have long lasting history of having all kinds of immigrants in the country and not solving the problems it brings, as UK or France have. So no, I am not affraid we would ever get into the same situation.

[@fly_sword]

The Czech Republic is a country without a sea, but it has pirates. ahoy!

[@evilgenius919]

I'd love a translation of that ad but wow did that slap

[@fantasy9917]

With impunity stashed away and bribelessly transferred, on top of that they got angry by being cheated (refers to corruption scandals with subsidies). The walls of tax haven opening, the gorilla coming out (the gorilla being another mafia scandal) to adjust the truth and kill your version of it. We're no monsters, we're no monsters (actually dragons, but the connotations are negative), so let us at them!

[@ruzzaruzza]

Ahoy, from the Czechia. e-government, government transparency, pro-green, pro-nuclear... You get my vote.

[@Greninjia]

Everyone is gangster until the pirates start taking over Europe

[@ricardoabreu9167]

More czech videos please :)

[@635575]

Wrong, SPOLU coalition started the motion of no confidence, pirates just joined them

[@635575]

and you give too much credit to them... ODS and TOP09 screamed about agrofert years before Pirates entered parliament

[@jakubklesa]

@@635575 Well this is a video about pirate party...

[@AAR0NWE1R]

The Nigel Farage ad before this can piss off

[@MikeGill87]

They really put Farage ads before TLDR videos in the UK? :-D :-D