Name: Anonymous 2011-09-24 12:25
I live in EU and think that most parties are pretty much braindead - but maybe I just don't know of a good one. So, can anyone give a pointer to a party most similar to my worldview? I'll outline some points I find important about that party:
1) alcohol/tobacco/weed available for anyone 18+, psilocybin probably after a psychiatric evaluation
2) total intellectual property law reform - no software patents, reduced copyrights (20 years)
3) immigration laws should encourage immigration of motivated people, that will integrate themselves into society. Basically anyone can come, but should become a citizen (no criminal record (most misdemeanors are fine), pass language and culture exam) after 3 years or GTFO where they came from.
4) generally promoting science and making use of scientific results - all political decisions should be based on a few peer-reviewed papers (if there is no research done into it, then fund it?)
5) gun licenses should include automatic rifles too, but of course after a decent evaluation (much like how it's done right now in some countries - local police investigate your background and you pass medical checks)
6) higher taxes for richer people - after all they can pay more. There's a caveat, though: it probably wouldn't work in a country that just got started in capitalism, because when Sweden transferred to social democracy in the mid-1900's, they already had a few centuries of prosperity.
7) utilities (water, heating) should be government owned, but communications (transportation, telecommunications) should be left to the private sphere to duke it out between themselves.
Generally, I'd like to see a nice, common sense policy. So, is there such a party right now anywhere in the EU or for that matter, anywhere in the world?
1) alcohol/tobacco/weed available for anyone 18+, psilocybin probably after a psychiatric evaluation
2) total intellectual property law reform - no software patents, reduced copyrights (20 years)
3) immigration laws should encourage immigration of motivated people, that will integrate themselves into society. Basically anyone can come, but should become a citizen (no criminal record (most misdemeanors are fine), pass language and culture exam) after 3 years or GTFO where they came from.
4) generally promoting science and making use of scientific results - all political decisions should be based on a few peer-reviewed papers (if there is no research done into it, then fund it?)
5) gun licenses should include automatic rifles too, but of course after a decent evaluation (much like how it's done right now in some countries - local police investigate your background and you pass medical checks)
6) higher taxes for richer people - after all they can pay more. There's a caveat, though: it probably wouldn't work in a country that just got started in capitalism, because when Sweden transferred to social democracy in the mid-1900's, they already had a few centuries of prosperity.
7) utilities (water, heating) should be government owned, but communications (transportation, telecommunications) should be left to the private sphere to duke it out between themselves.
Generally, I'd like to see a nice, common sense policy. So, is there such a party right now anywhere in the EU or for that matter, anywhere in the world?