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Dimentio
30th November 2010, 14:56
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101126/ap_on_re_eu/eu_iceland_election

This could end very interestingly.

Revolutionair
30th November 2010, 14:59
I doubt this will become interesting. Parliamentary democracy (voting) is not a form of direct democracy. There won't be any 'ordinary' people writing the constitution. To get elected, you need a campaign. For a campaign, you need money.

RED DAVE
30th November 2010, 15:00
Social democracy will not save them from the ravages of capitalism. Interesting that the article drew a parallel with South Africe, which also was not "saved" by a capitalist "revolution."

RED DAVE

Dimentio
30th November 2010, 15:16
No, but it could be interesting. Besides, it seems that the Icelanders rather vote for someone like Jón Gnarr than any marxist-leninist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Constitutional_Assembly_election,_2010

I believe that the Icelanders won't accept any solution meaning the privatisation of their natural resources.