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Their libertarian philosophy is based on the idea that the Internet is a public space and that everyone should have the right to access it equally; they argue that interference by governments and ITbig business violates the right to live as one wishes, without fear or coercion, and that the citizens should have the right to express their opinions freely and without restraint, even if those opinions are controversial or unpopular.
^Simon, Otjes (22nd January 2019). All on the same boat? Voting for pirate parties in comparative perspectiveArchived 8 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Political Studies Association, 2020, Vol. 40(1) no. 38–53 SAGE Publishing. Page 49: "This indicates that instead of not appealing along left-right lines at all, pirate party's left-right appeal is context-dependent. Moreover, it is more closely related to sympathy for these parties than to party choice".