Rick Falkvinge, pirate

In About Eight Hours, We Will Know

As I sit here and prepare to go to the voting booths, a couple of things strike me.

It strikes me what a fantastic organization of activists we have which allow us to build this together. It has not happened in living memory, that ordinary people without a community have managed to build a party from scratch.

It strikes me how proud I am to have all of these amazing activist colleagues. I am certainly proud to be their colleague as well.

It strikes me how great a journey this has been, before now.

In just under eight hours, we learn the first preliminary results. Regardless of how it goes, whether we are going over or under the magical four percent, I am wickedly proud to have worked side-by-side, shoulder-to-shoulder with all on these issues.

Just to mention a few: Oscar, Emma, Anna, Stefan, Christian, Janne, Mab, Amelia, Johanna, Mary, Lake, Hax, Maloki, Kalle, Sandra, Anaïs, Björn, Klara, Göran and Marcus, Anna, Tobias, Johanna, Rasmus, Stefan, Christopher, Jennie, Leo, Jerry, Calle, HQ, Richie, Mini, Farmor Gun, Gustav, Björn, Joshen, Drottningsylt, Polymeriska, Teflonminne, Isobel, with special thanks to: Badlands , Calandrella , Hanna , Yamiko, and… hundreds of others. Hundreds! Not everyone is a member of the Pirate Party, but we have all fought for the ideas. Together.

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We have built this together. I am proud to have been involved with that.

The journey has only just begun.