You know how politicians often end up in high paying roles at private companies after they leave politics?
Sadly that also does happen in Iceland.
However the nation's previous President decided that he would rather go and work as a national park ranger this summer (during winter time he is a professor of history at the national university).
This just feels too wholesome not to share.
This is screaming to become a movie or TV series… something. Would be surprised if no producers have already come out to Iceland offering to buy life rights to the story…
Reminds me of the late President Jimmy Carter, who did all that work with Habitat For Humanity after he left office (along with many, many other good works).
@hth True, but we cannot compare Iceland, which has the population of a small European city to the president of countries with tens or hundreds of million people.
It's fair to compare him to the major of a medium-sized city.
@hth
It's also the (only?) country that did this
(Can't believe I'm promoting Yglesias, but...)
https://www.vox.com/2015/6/9/8751267/iceland-capital-controls
@hth A Dutch former public prosecutor and then Justice Minister became a bus driver after his political career.
It was a passion he had had for a long time and he finally had the time for it after leaving politics.
@lennardvanotterloo I see this propaganda shot is doing its work.
Teeven was an antidemocratic politician who demolished the funds for social lawyers and made a corrupt deal with a criminal, and did a part-time job of driving a bus for a few months while also being a lobbyist and looking for a new influential job.
That doesn't seem wholesome to me.
👀 @breadandcircuses if you didn't see this yet - a bit of positive news.
@hth that is so messed up! He is going to ruin the reputation of public figures everywhere.
/s
(My day is already better for seeing positive news like this)
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