All that is wrong with NZ politics in one simple devastating chart – it’s time to riot
…when 2 NZers have more than the poorest 30% of the entire nation, the time for debate is over and the time to riot is upon us.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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Grotesqueness of NZ inequality – 2 richest own as much as bottom 30%
How grotesque a joke is our egalitarianism now?
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In NZ we have a week of navel gazing over micro aggressions, in America Cops beat and shoot
…now clearly the US Police are Condesplaining and Heterosplaining in a gender binary manner a hate crime against this African-American cismale but I’m more concerned about the Internalised superiority and Internalised oppression that’s obviously on display.
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Clever politics by Winston at Pike River while Greens fight Labour in Mt Albert
While the Greens and Labour needlessly fight each other in a fortnight in Mt Albert, Winston is at Pike River telling those families that re-entering the mine will be a non-negotiable bottom line of any co-alition.
Christ that’s clever.
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Why NZers wouldn’t support Euthanasia if they read this – why Jenny Shipley makes me never want Euthanasia
Mountain climbing lawyers might consider ending their life on their own terms a victory, but the real losers will be the poor and voiceless in state hospitals being pushed into ending their expensive treatment of a life.
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For everyone claiming Gareth Morgan couldn’t win the Mt Albert By-election
The Greens have already damaged the perception of unity by running in this by-election, let’s all pray to Gaia that Gareth Morgan isn’t serious about his political party and won’t run.
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‘Social Investment’ is simply mass surveillance of beneficiaries designed to limit the neoliberal welfare state even more
It’s a sick joke using the crisis of the worst to deny those not so desperate any state help whatsoever.
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TDB Summer Election Special: Green Party strategic failure in Mt Albert
The Greens had better pray to Gaia that Gareth Morgan isn’t actually all that serious with his Political Party and won’t exploit the strategic blunder they’ve just made.
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TDB Summer Election Special: Why English is far more dangerous than Key ever was
English is ramming through hard right doctrine to appease his angry right wing God. He is killing off secular Government obligations which he sees are sinful by pretending to resource only the truly needy. It’s a clever way to fool people, but it’s simply making the neoliberal welfare state even more punishing and more draconian.
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The Donald Trump Fake News Scandal – are we witnessing a Deep State Coup?
There are plenty of reasons to be concerned about Donald Trump’s Presidency, but what is far worse than his terrible potential is what the American Military Industrial Complex are doing right now by smearing and framing Trump with unverified and false dirt from a paid political mercenary.