Saturday, August 17, 2013

German Political Parties, According to Erik

Here's who's got posters up in Berlin for the Sep 22 elections:

Christian Democrat Union (essentially American Democrats, incumbents): "Let's keep bailing out Europe so they can buy our stuff."

Free Democratic Party (essentially American Libertarians, junior member of ruling coalition with CDU): "Market freedom wasn't the poison."

Socialist Party of Deutschland (largest opposition): "Market freedom was the poison."

Green Party of Deutschland: "Socialists aren't left-wing enough."

The Left: "Greens aren't left-wing enough."

Kommunist Party of Deutschland: "The Left isn't left-wing enough."

Marxist-Leninist Party of Deutschland: "Communists aren't left-wing enough. Also, it worked really well last time!"

Pirate Party (radical social libertarians, against the concept of intellectual property): "Programmers should work for free and have side-jobs like being waiters."

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