An example from social media of the total power the Ministry of Social Development has over the lives of beneficiaries emerged last week and reminded everyone of the punitive welfare culture we still have in NZ.
When the insanity of what is about to be released is over and the wasted political landscape despoiled, not one New Zealander will be safer from white supremacy terrorism and the only winner will be ACT.
So how the hell did we get here, what the hell is going to happen and what possible solutions should we be looking for instead?
This current Western Democracy is late stage capitalism at its cultural worst.
This pandemic isn’t going away, it’s only getting worse and it will be with us for far longer than most anticipate.
Lots of optimism about the vaccine overlooked the complexities of the roll out while undergoing an enormous surge in cases.
China is increasingly becoming authoritarian and the sooner NZ decouples from their economy, the better.
After each great pandemic throughout history, there is always huge social upheaval, pretending we are immune to those forces would be naive.
We went through a La Nina cooling phase and the planet super heated anyway…
Firstly, I am extremely fortunate to be able to write this blog.
Billy TK and the Plan B Death Cult Capitalists will not win. We are a better people than that.