Oh wow. I didn’t know it was this bad. I was planning to vote 1 for them cos they’re the only left minor party other than Greens where I am. I guess I have to rely on Greens and Labor instead.
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Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Oh shit. I liked the Pirate Party, and even gave them my 1 vote in at least 1, if not 2, elections last decade.
I stopped voting for them when they became Fusion because I didn’t really understand them. At best, they seemed like off-brand Greens, having lost the core focus on an issue that I cared about with the Pirate Party: digital and intellectual property law.
But reading this Blatantly Partisan review holy shit will I never be voting Pirate again. This is appalling behaviour from the folks behind Fusion. Such a shame.
thisisdee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ilandar@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
This is only from Victoria, it doesn’t mean necessarily mean that your local candidate or branch is the same (depending on where you live). Fusion is a micro party that attracts a very wide range of people, so I don’t think a painting them all with the same brush is a particularly smart or helpful thing to do.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Fusion is a micro party that attracts a very wide range of people, so I don’t think painting them all with the same brush is a particularly smart or helpful thing to do
That’s true, but I also think it’s actually sort of part of the problem. Because Fusion isn’t one party, but instead a…fusion…of multiple different parties, it is inevitably very unclear where they stand. And they don’t exactly make it easy to see who’s who, or what they stand for.
I’ve got no idea where the Fusion candidate in my seat, or the ones on my state’s Senate ballot, stand on important issues. But I do know that they are happy associating with a party that’s willing to put Libertarians, Labor, and even the LNP and Family First ahead of the Greens. And that I find to be deeply concerning about anyone’s political reliability.
Ilandar@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Again, I don’t necessarily agree with that last part because every candidate and branch may (or may not) be different. Frankly, I don’t really care who is being preferenced in Victoria when I’m voting in South Australia. But yes, I absolutely agree that Fusion as a concept has a major issue in that it’s values and policy positions are so broad that it makes it very difficult for me as a voter to determine which aspects of the party platform are core, where influence lies and why my candidate is running under the party banner. I like a lot about Fusion but I expect that I’m actually a minority in that regard and that people are probably more likely to be attracted by specific elements of the party, which is a problem for stability and transparency. I am fortunate to have a lower house Fusion candidate in my seat but I can’t preference him above The Greens guy because it’s not at all clear why he is running or what he stands for.
brisk@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
That’s extremely disappointing. I was thrilled to see a Fusion candidate on my lower house list, as that sheet is usually effectively Lib/Lab/Green, and Fusion theoretically contains several parties I’d love to have the chance to give my vote to.
I’m dismayed to discover the candidate is actually a “Democracy First” member.