A radical fringe political party is set to win the Iceland election this weekend.
The Pirate Party didn't exist 4 years ago, but in similar circumstances to the uprising of Donald Trump and Brexit, people
in Iceland are over the establishment parties.
Is there anyone on MMO from Iceland or Scandinavia that can fill us in on the Pirate Party?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...6a6_story.html
Its members are a collection of anarchists, hackers, libertarians and Web geeks.
It sets policy through online polls — and thinks the government should do the same.
It wants to make Iceland “a Switzerland of bits,” free of digital snooping.
It has offered Edward Snowden a new place to call home
A Pirate Party win would offer a vivid illustration of how far Europeans are willing to go in their rejection of the political mainstream, adding to a string of insurgent triumphs emanating from both the far left and far right.
To Jónsdóttir and other Pirate true believers — who define their party as neither left nor right, but a radical movement that combines the best of both — the election here could also be the start of the reboot that Western democracy so desperately needs.