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It's a country of 330.000 highly intelligent, civilized and self-reliant people, with a manageable size and a coherence which allows them room for experimentati
by interfixus 11y ago
It's a country of 330.000 highly intelligent, civilized and self-reliant people, with a manageable size and a coherence which allows them room for experimentation.
- dmckeon 11y agoWhat I find amazing is the size of the crowd that turned out mere hours after the leaks were publicized. http://icelandmag.visir.is/article/many-22000-gathered-demand-resignation-pm-yesterday-largest-mass-protest-icelandic-history http://icelandmag.visir.is/article/many-22000-gathered-deman... Imagine the political scandal required in the USA for more than 8 million people to turn out in less than a day to protest anything.
- aembleton 11y agoTo be fair, over 1/3 of the population live in Reykjavik so it is easier for them to go and protest the Prime Minister. Getting 8 million to Washington DC in less than a day would be a logistical nightmare. Population of Washington DC is a bit less than 5 times that of Reykjavik, so it would be like getting 50k protesters out. Still very impressive.
- interfixus 11y agoI was actually dining out in Copenhagen with an old Icelandic friend last night. She apologized for being slightly unsocial, but simply had to follow events as they transpired. This was clearly huge back home. Also some background. The prime minister married into money, his wife's family being extremely succesful Toyota importers and dealers. On his accession he made a clear pledge that all his financial dealings would be above board and in plain sight.
- coldcode 11y ago> above board and in plain sight At least he got the second one, though not willingly.
- qznc 11y agoImagine the Pirate Party to lead the polls in the USA
- NikolaeVarius 11y agoThe city is tiny as hell and a majority of the country lives there. So completely different scale