• FauxLiving@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Saying he ‘made a donation’ is downplaying his role. It makes it sound like he’s just some guy doing what everyone else does to participate in politics…

    The 2025 donation accounted for 72% of the party’s total income last year. … According to data collected by DonationWatch, 2025 was the most lucrative year in the party’s history, netting a total of 5.58 million SEK. For comparison, the party received just 202,000 SEK in total donations throughout 2024.

    Just the annual interest on his donation is more that all of their other donations for the entire year combined.

    He didn’t just make a donation, he is practically their sole source of financing.

      • HereIAm@lemmy.world
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        2 hours ago

        I mean, yeah they are a shit party, but isn’t smaller and local parties kinda what we want? I’d rather have a 20 small parties in parliament than 2 big ones with some on the side lines.

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          2 hours ago

          These small parties are not up for a parliamentary position though. They are only active in their municipality. There are 8 parties in the Swedish parliament (though it looks like it’s going to be 7 after the election in fall).

          • Leon@pawb.social
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            46 minutes ago

            I’m not following the polls at all. Who is falling out, the liberals?

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                19 minutes ago

                Damn. I can’t recall when they didn’t make the bar last.

                I mean it is funny - the incest bit I mean - but it kind of epitomises why I don’t really follow politics anymore. Our leaders aren’t serious, and for the past few decades it’s devolved into a spectacle. It stresses me the fuck out.

                The past week I’ve lived with my windows wide open, so I need to take particular care that I don’t just… tip out of them. Our idiot politics don’t help in that regard.