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Iceland, a land of Vikings, braces for a Pirate Party takeover
• washingtonpost.com By Griff WitteIts members are a collection of anarchists, hackers, libertarians and Web geeks. It sets policy through online polls — and thinks the government should do the same. It wants to make Iceland "a Switzerland of bits," free of digital snooping. It has offered Edward Snowden a new place to call home.
And then there's the name: In this land of Vikings, the Pirate Party may soon be king.