With the Icelandic Pirates crushing it in the polls and set to form the next government of a sovereign, carbon-neutral, strategically located nation, it’s worth asking how a party whose two issues – internet freedom and copyright reform – are wonky, minority interests rose to prominence.
The answer is a combination of the contemptuous, naked corruption of the Icelandic establishment – the people who helped destroy the world’s economy – and the Pirates’ flexibility, frankness and basic decency.
Taku Recortes 