[mr_woozy]

Native Icelander here, short answer you don't.

Iceland is a mess in many many ways that never reach the international media.

Nepotism is rampant (it's very hard to have anyone vaguely related up the genealogical tree somehow)

Foreigners are extorted and mistreated as a rule of thumb

The cost of living is high and the government does little to alleviate this burden on most of the tax base.

For me it's extremely heartbreaking to see all the ridiculous posts of foreigners on reddit asking how they can move here not understanding what they'll be committing to.

[kzrdude]

Thanks for writing. The story of icelandic corruption is really not coming out, not even in other scandinavian countries (where I am). I would hope the nordic countries would be allies in turning Iceland around, but I guess they can't do much unilaterally.

[cobweb2]

"I'm part of political group X, this is how I see my country, and in particular I dislike the successful business people in my country."

> Nepotism is rampant

Where? It's just not true that relatives are getting jobs unfairly that they may not have the skills to do. I don't think you understand what nepotism is. I do think that you don't understand what networking looks like among smart people that have a high general factor of personality, and I think that this is your way of striking back at what you see is an unfair advantage among people that network well.

> Foreigners are extorted and mistreated as a rule of thumb

If there's a tiny perceived wronging by a foreigner, the press is ready to blow it completely out of proportion and completely misrepresent companies who in the end decide to let it go instead of suing the press, for risk of looking even more like the bad guys in the eyes of people like you. Again, I think you've taken a headline or a TV piece out at face value and formed an unfair opinion on innocent business leaders.