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ready okay
the following video will make you think
twice before you joke around because
this is John hi my name is Yann and I am
a politician John is probably one of the
most unconventional politicians you will
see mainly because I am NOT a politician
John is a comedian who was frustrated
with governments especially after the
financial crisis so he decided to run
for government himself as a joke purely
as a joke he started a new party and
called it the best party with a logo
similar to the Facebook like that
roughly resembled a penis according to
him we made it a bit longer so it looked
like a penis more like a hand holding
and promised people three towels a polar
bear and a Disneyland in Iceland with
such a campaign no one would take him
seriously but to his surprise I won I
won people were so frustrated with
normal politicians that they chose to
elect a comedian in charge and he took
the challenge for the next four years he
became the real mayor of Iceland's
capital and I actually did an amazing
job
he helped turned his city's budget
around advocated for social issues and
environmental ones it was all great and
fun
this is where the jokes end this
extrovert comedian who was full of life
and jokes and humor became very sad
tired and frustrated after only four
years in politics
turns out politics is much more about
influence than ideals just think about
this for a second the fact that people
elected him tells you that they are
frustrated with politics the fact that
he came out of it not wanting to do
politics ever again tells you politics
is hard and the fact that all of this
happened in Iceland a country with one
of the best political systems in the
world tells you that politics anywhere
in the world
is really hard this comedian turned
politician turned writer has a message
for all of us sees what you want but be
careful what you wish for because it
just might come true and what are you
gonna do that
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