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		nextparadigms on March 27, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: German Pirate Party Scores Second State Victory I don't think that's such a huge problem, and I think it may even be preferable than the small party only having proportional power. The reason for that is that if they only had proportional power, small parties wouldn't be able to accomplish anything, ever.

davidw on March 27, 2012 [–]

> The reason for that is that if they only had proportional power, small parties wouldn't be able to accomplish anything, ever.

In the case of hammer-and-sickle flag waving communists, or racist apologists for Mussolini, that might be seen as a good thing.

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