Comments on: How Chloe leads the largest mass movement isn’t just a problem for the Greens

By: stand_alone_complex

stand_alone_complex — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 06:57:24 +0000

In reply to Erik Nordmeyer. huh? well ok then..

By: Manfred Staab

Manfred Staab — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 03:42:21 +0000

Transforming green party bureaucrats into an ‘ecological mass movement’ isn’t a bad idea. Not at all …

By: tesseract

tesseract — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 09:23:42 +0000

In reply to man with no name. Right, so Maori built all that physical infrastructure with their own capital and labour did they? Oh wait, no they didn't.

By: Erik Nordmeyer

Erik Nordmeyer — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 09:19:36 +0000

In reply to stand_alone_complex. Every time, though candidate only last election.

By: man with no name

man with no name — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 08:42:51 +0000

In reply to Rat in a cage. Trotter lost his way for me over his "one nation" rhetoric and "free speech" wokeness

By: man with no name

man with no name — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 08:40:01 +0000

ultimately the environment is a conservative issue – bring on the eco-facists

By: man with no name

man with no name — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 08:37:52 +0000

In reply to joseph.

FIFY – The upgrade in democratic infrastructure, 3 Waters”. It didn’t look like an upgrade in democracy. It looked like an expropriation of rate payer owned assets “BACK” to Maori

By: Mohammed Khan

Mohammed Khan — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 07:15:43 +0000

In reply to Trevor. Chapman isn't my cup of tea, but if you think David Seymour is somehow a more honest character than Chapman is, you are a monster.

By: Geoff Fischer

Geoff Fischer — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 06:52:56 +0000

Yes, we do need more democracy. Indeed any democracy at all would be a good start. We don’t need an unelected foreign monarch with extraordinary reserve powers as head of state. We don’t need security services which can dictate policy to “elected” governments.
We need politicians who are accountable. Truly accountable, as in “the moment you betray those who elected you, those electors can sack you without ceremony”, not as in “stiff bikky, I’m here for another three years and there ain’t nothing you can do about it”.
The very notion of someone “heading a mass movement” is profoundly anti-democratic. It implies that the person “at the head” can use the public to achieve a purpose of his or her own devising. That is not the function of a democratic leader. A rangatira is there to serve and represent the people. Not to use them towards his or her own ends, regardless of how well intended or altruistic those ends might be.

By: Rat in a cage

Rat in a cage — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 05:16:52 +0000

In reply to Steve King. Pretty harsh, that's some falling out.