Watching National & Labour sock puppets on social media arguing over who is going to build the most roads only highlights the low horizon imagination NZ politics has descended into.
In 2016, John Key was in a bit of a pickle.
As over population and depletion of the natural resources continues at pace, novel virus outbreaks will start becoming the norm not the exception.
One of the problems for the Green Party is that it is essentially a middle class party focused on alienating Identity Politics over and above the actual environment. This locks them into a very white electorate so on first blush, Marama Davidson’s declaration today to make a serious run at winning Tāmaki Makaurau makes sense as the Greens attempt to appeal outside their white middle class voter base.
Dear Jacinda, run a bloody mile from this now before the National Party start claiming it’s Government policy.
Dow Jones crashing down 600 points on Wuhan virus fears, Trump’s fecklessness, Sanders radicalism and the market realising Trump’s China deal was meaningless.
In a micro aggression policing culture where everyone is Judge, Jury and Executioner there have been the usual deplorable human beings of social media that made us all wish we would be wiped out.
…Let’s be clear, this is fucking enormous.
Too much time trying to reclaim the word cunt, asking white bros to delete themselves, arguing over trans inclusive language for abortions, attempting to blame white people for the Christchurch terror attack and attacking free speech a-n-d not enough done for the actual climate crisis.