Bianki for Pirate Parties International

Pirates’ mission: to change the politics, keeping ideals
Valentine Bianki
Pirates and political system:
not to“become the part of” but
to “create a new format of”
Report for presentation at
the Pirate Parties International conference 2012

Hello from the Dark Side of the Force! :-)
Valentine Bianki
— Ph.D. in political psychology
— Senior scientist Department of Political Science, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
— Political consultant and researcher in political strategies and party-building
(Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, ...)
— Co-founder of e-Democracy Development Fund, Russia

Several reasons to listen to:
1. To listen to the view from the outside, even
if later you decide to do the opposite;
2. To discuss how Pirates can keep their
identity during the integration to politics;
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3. To foresee “growing pains” that pirate
movement can probably face.

The structure:
Situation/risks/ideas in 12 topics:
1. Objectives
2. Ideology
3. Fundraising
4. Hierarchy
5. Program unification
6. Staff and motivation
7. Image of the ideal political system
8. Dynamics of development and the effect of novelty
9. Partners
10. Electoral positioning
11. Geostrategy
12. Political party as a movement strategy (trap “the party as part of”)
Conclusions: key tips for Pirates

1.Objectives
Situation:
— Growth from 1 goal (struggle with
copyright — 2006)
to 10 goals (in 2009)

1.Objectives
— Growth from 1 goal (struggle with copyright — 2006) to 10 goals (in 2009)
Risks:
— Extension of brand leads to
its erosion, and that reduces
support.
— Ultra narrow objective does not allow
electoral support to grow, plus it is too
easily intercepted by other parties.
Situation:

1.Objectives
Situation: — Growth from 1 goal (struggle with copyright — 2006) to 10 goals (in 2009)
Risks: — Ultra narrow objective does not allow electoral support to grow, plus it is too easily intercepted by other parties.
— Extension of brand leads to its erosion, and that reduces support.
Ideas:
— Each pirate should be able to
explain everything through
something like "Pirate Wheel" in
a simple way.
— Priority of e-democracy: and
“all the citizens would participate
in this discussion and decide by
themselves” for every question.

2. Ideology
— Pirates say they are not about ideology (“no politics, only policies”).
Situation:

2. Ideology
Risks:
— Ideology is the nature of politics, ignoring that means pushing intellectuals away.
Situation:

— “We are not politicians, we are pirates”
—“New liberal lefts” – because we
struggle for equal access to information,
and just distribution of information
wealth.
2. Ideology
Risks: — Ideology is the nature of politics, ignoring that means pushing intellectuals away.
Situation:
Ideas:

3. Fundraising
— “Fear of money” (fear of the commercialization).
Situation:

3. Fundraising
Risks:
— Extension of the political activity at all levels requires a serious amount of professional work.
Situation:

— “A billion from Zuckerberg” (to raise funds
from the IT-market players.)
— “Sign-up for donations”
— Creating “pirate business”, for example,
“business on paranoia”
3. Fundraising
Risks: — Extension of the political activity at all levels requires a serious amount of professional work.
Situation:
Ideas:

4. Hierarchy
— Total independence
Situation:

4. Hierarchy
Risks:
— Coordination of efforts will lead to an increase of
bureaucracy, attempts to monopolize;
— Attempts to use pirates can occur;
— Problems with responsibility for the brand.
Situation:

— Develop a greater representativeness, not
based on the number of party members, but on
the number of movement members;
4. Hierarchy
Risks: — Coordination of efforts will lead to increase of bureaucracy, attempts to monopolize; — Attempts to use pirates
can occur; — Problems with responsibility for the brand.
Situation:
Ideas:
— Develop a mechanism for resolving conflicts.

— In addition to basic goals, the structures themselves define the agenda,
including the election one.
Situation:

In addition to basic goals, the structures themselves define the agenda, including the election one
Risks:
— Conflicts between positions of different
structures are harmful for electoral support
Situation:
— Too small program autonomy can split the
pirate movement, which would be harmful
to its image.

— To form the boundaries of independence at each level.
In addition to basic goals, the structures themselves define the agenda, including the election one.
Risks: — Conflicts between positions of different structures are harmful for electoral support. — Too small program
autonomy can split pirate movement, which would be harmful to its image.
Situation:
Ideas:

Situation:
— Selection based on activity
not on professionalism
— No money, only chance to get
positions in parliaments

— No money, only chance to get positions in parliaments.
— Selection based on activity not on professionalism
Risks:
— Mistakes because of avoiding
professionals
Situation:
— Gap between leaders age
and the new asset,
disintegration of the structure
unity

Situation: — No money, only chance to get positions in parliaments; Selection based on activity not on professionalism
Risks: — Mistakes because of avoiding professionals; — Gap between leaders age and the new asset, disintegration of the
structure unity
Ideas:
— Criteria for involvement of paid
professionals
— Monitor the process of
reproduction of social and
age structure of members and
activists

— Pirates don’t have that (the only is “pirates and citizens VS political system”)
Situation:
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— Pirates don’t have that (“pirates and citizens VS political system”)
Risks:
— 3 or 5 years later pirates will lose novelty, so
now it is the time to sum up a serious base.
Situation:
— Voters need to see a holistic
image, they must perceive “what
it will be”, or they’ll decrease
their passion;
?

— Pirates don’t have that (“pirates and citizens VS political system”)
Risks:
Situation:
— Voters need to see a holistic image, they must perceive “what it will be”, or they’ll decrease their passion;
— 3 or 5 years later pirates will lose novelty, so now it is the time to sum up a serious base.
— New theory of social contract as a state
base!
Such base may include “money-filled
delegation system“ as a component.
Ideas:

— Super-fast development
Situation:

Risks:
— “Followers for each new one” effect will finish soon
Situation:

— Predicting recession of interest, try to achieve at least one goal
Risks: — “Followers for each new one” effect will finish soon
Situation:
Ideas:

9. Partners
— Trade unions for socialists, pirates don’t have that now
Situation:
?

9. Partners
Risks:
— Extention only by yourself (without social organizations) can blur the image
Situation:

9. Partners
Risks: — Extention only by yourself (without social organizations) can blur the image
Situation:
Ideas:
— Involve creative unions;
— Attract and promote the development of specialized movements ("against the control of the
Internet"), including being a technological base, the center of competence for them;
— Shape the pirates into a structure with a wide range of fellows and with narrow purposes.

“New people”
Situation:
“New topic”
“Funny”
“Against copyright monopoly”
“Against State [state control], for the citizens”
“We are not politicians, we are pirates”
“We have no interests, we have a goal”
“Cool”

Situation: — “New people”, “new topic”, “funny”, “cool”, “against copyright monopoly”, “against State [state
control], for the citizens”, “we have no interests, we have a goal,” “we are not politicians, we are pirates”
Risks:
— The loss of the novelty effect;
— Disappointing because of the lack of direct rapid
results;
— Perception of pirates as far from social and economic
issues movement;
— The temptation to use a primitive way of a
differential marketing

Situation: — “New people”, “new topic”, “funny”, “cool”, “against copyright monopoly”, “against state control, for the
citizens”, “we have no interests, we have a goal,” “not politicians, but pirates”
Risks: — The loss of the novelty effect;— Disappointing because of the lack of direct rapid results; — Perception of pirates
as far from social and economic issues movement; — The temptation to use a primitive way of a differential marketing
— Avoid concentrating only on issues about information;
— Do not use the primitive differential marketing;
— Include in work wide field of citizen movements;
- Keep the balance between being funny and being serious (serious articles + brilliant comic
action).
— Anonymus as a "military wing of Pirates“
Ideas:
Diff.marketing
Information
Fun
Issues on soc/ec. topics

11. Geostrategy
— Now movement is spreading with the principle "waiting for initiatives from the field."
Situation:

11. Geostrategy
Risks:
— Without total coverage, efficiency in the pursuit of political demands can’t reach maximum
level.
Situation:
No geo-spreading
means no
influence and
idea-spreading

— “Franchise support“, institution of mentors, and
"fill" on-line & off-line areas
— Conduct a “road-show” (at least online - that is
presentation of opportunities for activists from
“unreached” nations and regions).
11. Geostrategy
Risks: — Without total coverage efficiency in the pursuit of political demands couldn’t reach maximum level.
Situation:
Ideas:

12. Political party as a movement strategy (trap "the party as part of ")
— Party receives a portion of power and influence in
three steps: take an issue, make an attempt to convince everybody, get from 1 to 10% at the
elections
Situation:

— Party receives a portion of power and influence in? three steps: take an issue, make an
attempt to convince everybody, get from 1 to 10% at the elections
Risks:
— Playing political games in parliaments
— Have limitation of the voting shares
— Problem with actual outcome
— “The test of executive power”
Situation:

Situation: — Party receives a portion of power and influence in? three steps: take an issue, make an attempt to convince
everybody, get from 1 to 10% at the elections
Risks: — Playing political games in parliaments; Have limitation of the voting shares; Problem with actual outcome ;
"The test of executive power”
Ideas:
— The Party as the avant-guard of the movement
— Party should try not to become a part of the political system, without assuming
the full realization of its goals in practice, but try to capture the channels of
interaction between society, political parties, media, executives, etc:

Political
parties
Traditional
media and
Social media
The power for change
Society

Political
parties
Traditional
media and
Social media
Society
?
Becoming
just another
part(y)?

Political
parties
Traditional
media and
Social media
Society
Becoming
a new part of
communication!

Conclusions:
key tips for Pirates

1. Technologies change faster than people do. Be careful not to break away from the
population ahead too far.

1. Technologies change faster than people do. Be careful not to break away from the population ahead too far.
2. Politics is arranged exactly as it is arranged not by chance – the reason is in laws of
human psychology.

2. Politics is arranged exactly as it is arranged not by chance - the reason is in laws of human psychology .
3. Man is weak, and when planning the development of global piracy movement, you
should remember that to avoid leaders’ attempts to fix positions for themselves.

3. Man is weak, and planning the development of global piracy movement, you should think of that to avoid leaders
attempts to fix positions for themselves.
4. Working without professionals is not the best way to achieve goals 

4. Working without professionals is not the best way to achieve goals 
5. First wave of “fashion for pirates” time is limited.

4. Working without professionals is not the best way to achieve goals
6. To achieve their basic goals, pirates need a soft unification.

3. Man is weak, and planning the development of global piracy movement, you should think of that to avoid leaders attempts to fix positions for
themselves.
6. To achieve their basic goals, pirates need a soft unification.
7. According to their goals, pirates should offer people not “representativeness” but
“interaction”.

2. Politics is arranged exactly as it is arranged not by chance - the reason is that human psychology is like that.
3. Man is weak, and planning the development of global piracy movement, you should think of that to avoid leaders attempts to fix positions for themselves.
6. To achieve their basic goals, pirates need a soft unification 7. According to their goals, pirates should offer people not “representativeness” but
“interaction”.
8. Establishing a political party already means that pirates are involved in the politic games more
than they would like to. IMHO, pirates need to establish a movement with “true laws” inside
it, and use the party only as a way to deal with current political system.

1. Technologies change faster than people do. Be careful not to break
away from the population ahead too far.
2. Politics is arranged exactly as it is arranged not by chance - the reason is
that human psychology is like that.
3. Man is weak, and planning the development of global piracy movement, you should think of that to avoid leaders attempts to fix positions for themselves.
6. To achieve their basic goals, pirates need a soft unification 7. According to their goals, pirates should offer people not “representativeness” but “interaction”
8. Establishing a political party already means that pirates are involved in the politic games more than they would like to. IMHO, pirates need to establish a
movement with “true laws” inside it, and use the party only as a way to deal with current political system.
9. Pirates should try to capture the channels of interaction between society, political parties,
media, executives, and not just places in parliament.

The goal is not to become just another part of old political system

A new – Pirate – way to act and communicate in politics
But to create

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