I'm puzzled as to why she doesn't stay there.I’m sad to leave Iceland, where poets and writers can get salaries from the state, where the prime minister has a literature degree, where writers at the @IcelandWriters meet the President at a private reception...— Lauren Groff (@legroff) April 15, 2018
Also, there's this, which indicates that everything isn't aquavit and kippers:
In Icelandic politics, it seems corruption has become the norm, and the people are becoming numb to it all. Those in charge just keep on hiring their family members and friends for important positions, allowing the corruption to continue and giving the nation an endless array of things to complain about.Hey, but the prime minister has a literature degree!
Marxism taught that if the government can control the writers and artists, usually with handouts and flattery, they can control public opinion and regard. This is a lesson not lost on even non-Marxist rulers.