“The West is having this great, long cocktail party,” Vilhjalmsson says. “And then, late in the evening, in comes this cute little dwarf, Iceland. And he gets drunk.”

"Hauksdottir, the owner of a Reykjavik witchcraft shop, says over a cup of thyme and juniper tea that only civil disobedience can force banks to stop collecting debts that people can’t pay.

“We’ll use our voices, and then if we have to we’ll use our hands, and maybe axes,” Hauksdottir says. "
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a2gMphgAVl3U&refer=home

What does it all mean?

Btw, a question often wondered while drunk

Is it a lot of cute little dwarves getting drunk?

Is it drunk dwarves playing musical chairs who might use axes when the music stops?

A common solution:
"Some Icelanders say the easy money of the past decade eroded the island’s traditions. A sheep farmer in the 1934 novel, “Independent People,” by Iceland’s only Nobel laureate, Halldor Laxness, preferred freedom from debt to any material comforts. His motto was: “I don’t owe anyone a penny.” "

But even the people who don't owe a penny, suffer from the reckless of the drunks.

And the actual result of bankruptcy is you don't owe anyone a penny- there is also a rule [not always followed- but no rules are] that people for some time period will be very helpful by refusing to loan you a penny.

The solutions are always the same.
Play the music again.
And/or get more chairs.
Axes.
No more drinking. More drinking. All the above but faster. All the above but slower.
Do something.
Do nothing.

The music always stops. Stopping the music is aspect of music and people tend to imagine the song never ending [usually simply, because songs may suggest they never
end].

Obviously, it's always about what one values.
It's never actually about anything else.
It's possible some people might actually highly value a sheep farmer.

Being sober has some advantages, but getting drunk isn't only about
consuming alcohol.