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But this snapshot of the political landscape also shows why Danish politics has more nuance than US politics. With 12 parties to choose from, most voters can find a party they agree with.
On the left there are three different degrees of socialism, and on the right, voters can choose parties with a focus on either economy, conservatism, or immigration.
And for the climate focused voters there are four different parties to choose from on the left, plus one economically right-leaning party.
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I like that the three letters in the Danish alphabet that are not in the English alphabet are represented in the single glyph short codes.
@syferdet single glyph short codes?
The single letter in the colored square that indicates the party, like D for Democrat.
@syferdet ah, I see what you mean.
Yes — and it is actually a bit confusing, because normally we refer to the parties by their abbreviations, such as S for Socialdemokratiet or LA for Liberal Alliance, but for historic reasons, on the ballot they have a unique letter like the Æ, Ø, and Å parties.
There is a whole bureaucratic proces to getting these letters which are then used in branding of the parties during the elections. But once assigned, they are kept for the lifetime of the party.
But this snapshot of the political landscape also shows why Danish politics has more nuance than US politics. With 12 parties to choose from, most voters can find a party they agree with.
On the left there are three different degrees of socialism, and on the right, voters can choose parties with a focus on either economy, conservatism, or immigration.
And for the climate focused voters there are four different parties to choose from on the left, plus one economically right-leaning party.
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Just curious. Is there any kind of tool a person could use to find out which party is most aligned with their positions?
@djembro yes. In Denmark, several media create tests where you answer 20 questions, and a system shows which candidates from which parties have replied mostly the sane as you. Many voters do a couple of these from different sources to find inspiration as to which candidates could be an option.
Other voters just vote directly for the party, which in effect elects the party's preferred candidate in the district.
People who are not convinced can read
Patterns of Democracy by Arend Lijphart
democracies with shared and dispersed power outperform those with majority rule systems, especially if the society is multicultural or diverse.
@randahl I disagree. Looking at what the parties actually do, the only one left on the actual Left™️ is Enhedslisten - meaning that even with what looks like an upheaval to the political landscape, we will get the same center-right bullshit after this election as we've had for about a generation.
Denmark is not the US, obvi, but the need for a new, better political culture is not limited to the MAGA nation. Right wing policy is no more popular here than overthere & doesn't deserve to lead.
@jwcph @randahl our current system, unfortunately, seems to favor rightwing populism. Almost all parties seems to compete on who can be most anti-foreigner/nationalistic.
Would love to se them compete on who can give most social benefits, who can help the most vulnerable, who can better public education and transport.
But no, its all the "damb immigrants", somehow...
@nickfrederiksen @jwcph @randahl
Billionaires fund malign influence campaigns against immigrants, women, and POC.
Billionaires & bigots, the forever alliance made in hell.
@nickfrederiksen @randahl Not system. Culture. This is not systemic - it's just a vibe which, carried by persons, not systsems, has become ingrained at the decision level in both politics & at the 4th Estate.
It's people making the decision for rightwing populism to be over-favored in society & we know exactly who they are.
The challenge is propagating resistance against those people & their vibe.
@randahl omg. A time with liberal alliance at the wheel will take more than a decade to recover from.
They don't give two shits about climate or the common man. Their popularity stems from the one thing they are incredibly good at: convincing young voters (who are already likely to have the "I 100% in control of my life and i choose to become wealthy") mindset that that's exactly how the world is and all the left wing parties want is to take their hard earned money and give them to layabouts
@randahl i hope for dear life we can get a left wing government, like a heavily left leaning one this time.
The one thing they have a tendency to become delusional about is military and defence policy. Especially Enhedslisten with the idea that "we can just choose diplomacy" approach they've talked about for years.
No one wants to spend money on military, but when the school yards full of bullies it's best to have some brawn.
@rasmus91 I would like to ask Vanopslagh if he plans to take a job as a caretaker for the elderly, once all the Muslim caretakers have been "sent home".
