The joke that went wrong

[Music] 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 [Music]