mattlindén
Elections - Finland
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Yesterday was election day here in Finland, and what a day for democracy it was. Wait, rewind. I'm not sure if democracy works anymore.
Haha, OK, I'm being only semi-serious. Still, yesterday was scary. Finland came very, very close to voting in a far right party, the Perussuomalaiset (or 'True Finns'). A few years ago they had just a few percent of the vote - this time, they got almost 20%.
For some, like this guy here, the thought of living in a country run by a racist, homophobic, euro-sceptic government proved too awful to be true. The only option: suicide.
On a lighter note, the Perussuomalaiset came in third, but still, they now have plenty of seats in parliament, and the coming months will tell what effect this has...
Matt
From Wikipedia:
True Finns (Finnish: Perussuomalaiset Swedish: Sannfinländarna, abbreviated PS) is a populist political party in Finland, founded in 1995 following the dissolution of the Finnish Rural Party. The head of the movement is Timo Soini.
In the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election True Finns have according to the polls become a serious challenger to the traditional ruling parties. The party combines left-wing economic policies with strongly conservative social values. Even though True Finns is a Finnish-based movement with only newly emerging international connections, it has been compared with the rise of the Tea Party movement in the United States and other similar populist movements in Europe, critical of globalism and the well-connected power elites.
Please note, the above excerpt does not do justice to show how racist and awful this party actually is.
Elections - Finland
View this on black, it looks much better! Just press L!
Yesterday was election day here in Finland, and what a day for democracy it was. Wait, rewind. I'm not sure if democracy works anymore.
Haha, OK, I'm being only semi-serious. Still, yesterday was scary. Finland came very, very close to voting in a far right party, the Perussuomalaiset (or 'True Finns'). A few years ago they had just a few percent of the vote - this time, they got almost 20%.
For some, like this guy here, the thought of living in a country run by a racist, homophobic, euro-sceptic government proved too awful to be true. The only option: suicide.
On a lighter note, the Perussuomalaiset came in third, but still, they now have plenty of seats in parliament, and the coming months will tell what effect this has...
Matt
From Wikipedia:
True Finns (Finnish: Perussuomalaiset Swedish: Sannfinländarna, abbreviated PS) is a populist political party in Finland, founded in 1995 following the dissolution of the Finnish Rural Party. The head of the movement is Timo Soini.
In the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election True Finns have according to the polls become a serious challenger to the traditional ruling parties. The party combines left-wing economic policies with strongly conservative social values. Even though True Finns is a Finnish-based movement with only newly emerging international connections, it has been compared with the rise of the Tea Party movement in the United States and other similar populist movements in Europe, critical of globalism and the well-connected power elites.
Please note, the above excerpt does not do justice to show how racist and awful this party actually is.