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[–] Lumidaub 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Thank you, I try my best.
You're right about the 5% threshold not being the non plus ultra, it does favour the traditional parties and is regularly challenged where it's established.
I don't even think it would be really necessary to have it to prevent the worst from small extremist groups, if just everybody (or at least a vast majority of people) actually went to elections. Because then too it would mean that extremists only got very, very few seats and couldn't do as much damage. Still an annoyance but at least they couldn't say they're being prevented from participating. But apparently people have better things to do on a Sunday than spare 10 fucking minutes to check a box or two.