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unicornpoop [S] 90 points ago +90 / -0

"Icelanders forced their entire government to resign after a banking fraud scandal, overthrowing the ruling party and creating a citizen’s group tasked with writing a new constitution that offered a solution to prevent corporate greed from destroying the country." Link to article.

Link to the documentary Pots Pans and Other Solutions

STRENGTH IN NUMBERS.

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andrewjackson45 63 points ago +64 / -1

To be fair it's a much smaller country. I'm pretty sure we are going to need our bear arms for this one

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Pepedom 41 points ago +41 / -0

Exactly. The PMs of Iceland literally live down the street. They go to the same bars as everyone else. Resigning was the safest thing for them.

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the_spezinator2 16 points ago +16 / -0

It's time for you to get deported.

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unicornpoop [S] 29 points ago +30 / -1

It could be done on a smaller scale in our cities and on the state level. The point is that massive numbers got the job done without violence.

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tdwinner2020 13 points ago +13 / -0

In Delaware, yes, in Rhode Island, yes, but it California, no.

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ModernKnight 1 point ago +1 / -0

Even in Cali it can be done at the local level, the state level would require a bit more of a permanent solution.

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Sl0re10 4 points ago +4 / -0

And parliamentary govs.. replacing one isn't the same as our system. Loss of confidence is a legit reason for new elections.

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Tookens 39 points ago +39 / -0

You wouldn't believe how many pots and pans you can fit in this baby...

/Pat's hood

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Filo76 20 points ago +20 / -0

Stock up on spoons. Those pots and pans won’t clank themselves.

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barkbarkbark6 6 points ago +7 / -1

I remember a video from not long ago that proved that you can make pots and pans clank by hitting lib-tards in the head with said instruments and it can be quite musical

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ModernKnight 5 points ago +5 / -0

You get a two-tone effect, from two hollow objects colliding and each resonating at its own frequency. Like Mongolian Throat Singing, it takes a lot of practice to master this difficult technique and produce good-sounding music, so practice, practice, practice!

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barkbarkbark6 2 points ago +2 / -0

kekkek

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Tweedlethree 25 points ago +25 / -0

We could bang so loud the satellites would pick up the sound. By ear plugs now.

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Dogelog 11 points ago +11 / -0

definitely. protect your hearing

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tdwinner2020 9 points ago +9 / -0

Those pots and pans in .308 are very loud.

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jstep1111 10 points ago +10 / -0

I have a 5.56 caliber pot, and a 300aac caliber pan. Just sayin'.

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tdwinner2020 3 points ago +3 / -0

Just one pot and one pan?

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jstep1111 6 points ago +6 / -0

Following the tragic, one boat accident, yes.

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unicornpoop [S] 18 points ago +18 / -0

The article says that they didn't just chuck out the cronies and go home. They organized a board of citizens and crowd sourced constitutional changes. They also refused to pay back debt accrued by the corrupt bankers and officials.

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unicornpoop [S] 17 points ago +17 / -0

The media didn't report on it al all, and this was a decade ago. That's what makes me think this actually happened.

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Sarsen1776 10 points ago +10 / -0

Not vikings, so yeah...

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tdwinner2020 3 points ago +3 / -0

Argentina has a sickness though. Peronism - like our democrats, and until recently worse than our democrats. Now I think I'd rather have peronists than democrats in charge.

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MrMcGreenGenes 7 points ago +8 / -1

Cast iron skillets.

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tdwinner2020 4 points ago +4 / -0

In every caliber.

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BoughtByBloomberg2 6 points ago +6 / -0

One bit in this article I want to highlight.

"Mortgage lenders in the U.S. knowingly lent money to prospective homeowners who could not afford to purchase a home."

No they were forced by the federal government to sign busted loans because of muh diversity. Yes the federal government under Bill Clinton made it mandatory to sign a set number of garbage loans that could never be paid back or risk being called racist.

Then obviously a bunch of vulture capitalists smelt that rotting meat and started to short against these loans. Creating a situation in which more and more capital was tied up in an unpayable loan.

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unicornpoop [S] 3 points ago +3 / -0

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were blamed by some to have been a major cause of the subprime mortgage crisis, if I remember correctly.

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barkbarkbark6 1 point ago +1 / -0

I was getting six letters a day in my mail telling me I was paying too much for my mortgage if I was paying over $350 dollars. The pressure to get out of your fixed rate mortgage and go to a short term mortgage and put a huge sum of cash in your pocket was huge. While I blame the banks for encouraging this short sighted behavior, some of the blame falls on the good people of this country who also succumbed to greed. Then when it became inevitable, instead of doing the hard work of buckling down and paying your bill, many people just walked away, further exasperating the problem. And then the fucking bailouts that rewarded the banks...

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OkieCowboy 6 points ago +6 / -0

We can do the same thing with about 6' of rope

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Tenspot20 5 points ago +5 / -0

Whenever I see a group of people cheering, I automatically think of a Trump Rally!

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fartglove 5 points ago +5 / -0

Gunshots are louder!

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Azrael1776 4 points ago +4 / -0

Remember when the blast in beruit a few months ago caused the people to storm the government buildings with rocks forcing their prime minster and his cabinet to resign....with rocks.

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Sarsen1776 4 points ago +4 / -0

Vikings with pans, very scary. Makes sense (do not want then to come back with swords...)

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DJT_JR6544 3 points ago +3 / -0

https://youtu.be/7L6s6ZkSXYo here is the results. Actually looks like a good time!

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barkbarkbark6 1 point ago +1 / -0

zero comments and 4700 views in 11 years. That vid was shadow banned.

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DJT_JR6544 2 points ago +2 / -0

Without a doubt

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Kaiheitai 3 points ago +3 / -0

The media also called Icelanders terrorists during this time.

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DJT_JR6544 2 points ago +2 / -0

Excellent post

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unicornpoop [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

Why has race/gender entered the chat? This was a battle of elite thieves vs the people, just like we are doing now. They won. We can too.

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CactusConstitution 2 points ago +3 / -1

Race bait here.

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GetWokeGetBroke 1 point ago +1 / -0

It's a pity they're commies cough I mean social democrats.

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ImFinallyNotAnAlt 1 point ago +1 / -0

No, had no idea

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suitcasegate 1 point ago +1 / -0

Hillary: It's gonna be a sad day for my bank account if too many people end up in mass suicides

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nickybops 1 point ago +1 / -0

ROPE AND CHAINS

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OneBigMaga 1 point ago +1 / -0

Iceland != U.S.A.

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FuckTheOtherSide 1 point ago +1 / -0

I'm surprised so many pussy politicians in the last few weeks were affected by phone calls from us here.

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Faintlight 1 point ago +1 / -0

I so agree with the pots and pans method.

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DonttrustChina 1 point ago +1 / -0

Based viking raid.

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TwitterIsTrash 1 point ago +1 / -0

My music professor is from Iceland and I can absolutely picture him out there in the streets with pots and pans. I love that mental image.

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Lurking-My-Life-Away 1 point ago +1 / -0

This is what the USA needs. A complete and total turnover of all politicians, long term appointees, and upper management in the government departments.

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AnomalusCitizen7375 1 point ago +1 / -0

To be fair, a cast iron skillet will do some damage.

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GRUNT1776 1 point ago +1 / -0

we would need bayonets

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Kaiheitai 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yep

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Logan_Viking 1 point ago +1 / -0

We have things that bang even louder than pots and pans!

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carriemcgavock 1 point ago +1 / -0

POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!

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GiveMe1776 0 points ago +1 / -1

Pan shot!