shaneg wrote: Shaneg wrote: Can respect that view. Not a bad choice, not that am sure you need any affirmation from me
Yes, most likely leaning towards Act at this stage. Seymour is far more of a libertarian type than any of the others and the only one actually in parliament who has been calling out the b.s of the other 4 parties. Do i think Act are the be all and end all, no. With that being said i'd rather support someone who is for freedom of speech, firearms owners, property rights, business owners, is anti mass aerial 1080 and so on. His track record of being the only one to actually vote against the other 4 on these issues in recent times speaks volumes as to how compromised the other parties have become. Both from local interests and international dodgy dealings already mentioned here. I think NZ is f*cked either way and is only going to keep going further left if i'm being honest(i know pretty pessimistic) but if me ticking a particular box with a pen makes even 0.1% difference and means i wasn't one of the people who supported changes that destroyed what this country once was i can live with that. ....and before the usuals start harping on about how there's other countries that are far worse places to live than NZ, save it. We know, we've heard it all before. It's an absurd argument and solves nothing. I've spent enough time in 3rd world sh*t holes and other developed nations to have an idea, as have others. Just because someone somewhere has it worse doesn't mean your problems no longer exist and you should just take it. Yes some kid in Africa doesn't have clean water. Yes a mother in the middle east lives in a war zone, but if you're house is on fire in NZ you might still want to tend to that. The problem's not going away because someone somewhere is having a worse day than you. |
Muppet wrote: Ha I agree with Fishy 11. NZ simply cannot afford socialism as we don't have the numbers or productivity. The handout to earning ratio is getting seriously bad. |
Titahi wrote:
Denmark Finland and Norway have similar " numbers" |
Joker wrote:
But those countries have a "Class" culture where people are citizens of the country, behave appropriately and care for it as a whole unlike here where too often principle allegiances lie offshore or are clouded by personal cultural appropriation. |
Joker wrote:
But those countries have a "Class" culture where people are citizens of the country, behave appropriately and care for it as a whole unlike here where too often principle allegiances lie offshore or are clouded by personal cultural appropriation. |
Bounty Hunter wrote:
this is a very good comment and i believe a major reason for the stagnation of nz in a social, economic and strategic sense go to Japan - witness the contrast of a co-hesive and homogeneous culture - return to NZ and feel the dispare wash over you as you realise the inefficiencies here because of the above... |
smudge wrote: Yepp, here's another one. Don't aim low - let's criticise our politicians because they are fat, look like a horse, are maori or gay. |
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