The level of the debate from Trump is “I know you are, you said you are, but what am I”. The Americans Trump is trying to win are just listening for his tone, and his aggressive tone matches their anger and their expectations of how power is wielded.
Malcolm Evans – The final word on Aaron Smith
…the National Party were actively and secretly looking for ways to disqualify the sick and vulnerable from state health care. If they were prepared to do it when euthanasia was illegal in the 1990s, imagine how quickly they will begin to pressure hospitals to start euthanasia as a cost cutting measure if it becomes legal?
I have no time for medieval superstition be it Christian, Muslim, Hebrew or Jedi but allowing ourselves to believe the ‘other’ is too alien to interact with is an incredibly dangerous narrative to start investing in because the only solution to that belief is genocide and exclusion.
The 3 biggest losers from the elections are:
Re engaging with our communities is vital, the low voter turnout is disappointing. The mainstream media ignore us or make us the object of ridicule and then we wonder why people don’t vote. The role of alternative media voices is going to be vital over the next 3 years.
Over the 20th century in various industrial societies, a more radical and widely read working class media was wiped out by market forces.
The common phrase “The World is Upside Down” reflects the widespread concern that things are not right in the world….
Hands up who reads The Spinoff?
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