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Einen Artikel, der mir aus der Seele spricht, hat Tillmann Prüfer von der ZEIT geschrieben. Die neun Seiten zu lesen lohnt sich, versprochen!

Lange galten junge Menschen, die sich vor allem im Internet bewegen, als Sonderlinge. Indem sie sich organisieren, kehren sie die Verhältnisse um. Aus einer virtuellen Community wird eine Bewegung aus Fleisch und Blut. Endlich gehört man zu etwas Größerem und hat außerdem eine gemeinsame Botschaft: die Verteidigung der Freiheit ...

Die Piraten stellen das digitale Selbstverständnis gegen das analoge. Sie fordern ein Verbot der Speicherung von Verbindungsdaten, den Verzicht auf Sperrung von Internetinhalten, sie verlangen legale Downloads und wenden sich gegen die staatliche Überwachung. Das Urheberrecht allerdings verbietet es, sich ein geschütztes Werk anzueignen, auch wenn es massenhaft geschieht. Andererseits: Wenn 40 Millionen Internetnutzer illegal Daten tauschen, sind das dann 40 Millionen Straftäter? ...

Das Thema Nichtwählen spielt in dem Artikel auch eine große Rolle. Mit Befremden nahm ich zur Kenntnis, dass es als schick hingenommen wird die Nicht-Wahl als ernsthafte Alternative anzusehen. Protest in Ehren, aber proaktiver Protest ist mir lieber als Resignation mit einem selbstgerechten Unterton. Die Formel muss deshalb lauten: Lieber Piratenpartei statt Apathie!

Angelehnt an Berthold Brecht fällt mir dazu noch ein: "Wer wählt, kann verlieren. Wer nicht wählt, hat schon verloren."

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