With the newly announced elections, the political landscape of Denmark will change completely.
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With the newly announced elections, the political landscape of Denmark will change completely.
After four years of a center-right government, voters are now moving to the outer wings of politics.
The governing parties stand to lose a third of their seats, while more extreme parties now gain a stronger hold.
On the left side the green socialists of SF will add 10 more seats, and on the right, The Liberal Alliance will become the largest right wing party for the first time in history.
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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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With the newly announced elections, the political landscape of Denmark will change completely.
After four years of a center-right government, voters are now moving to the outer wings of politics.
The governing parties stand to lose a third of their seats, while more extreme parties now gain a stronger hold.
On the left side the green socialists of SF will add 10 more seats, and on the right, The Liberal Alliance will become the largest right wing party for the first time in history.
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@randahl Illiberal Alliance?
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@randahl Illiberal Alliance?
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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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@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
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@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.
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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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@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.
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@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".
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With the newly announced elections, the political landscape of Denmark will change completely.
After four years of a center-right government, voters are now moving to the outer wings of politics.
The governing parties stand to lose a third of their seats, while more extreme parties now gain a stronger hold.
On the left side the green socialists of SF will add 10 more seats, and on the right, The Liberal Alliance will become the largest right wing party for the first time in history.
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@randahl I feel like we need to count the social democrats as the largest right-wing party
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@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...
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@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 @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.
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