National, ACT + NZF have been a Government of cruelty – their second term will be far worse
Last election, I was busy trying to explain to anyone who was listening that the policy alignment of National, ACT and NZF would explode into a hard right vandalism of the economy with culture war revenge fantasies masquerading as social policy.
I warned we would see free market ideology promoted over the common good and a level of crony capitalism for donors that would shock.
Lo and behold, we got that and so much more.
Thanks to social media hate algorithms, the polarisation of politics is more extreme in NZ than any time since the Springbok tour.
The post-Covid bitterness many blamed on Labour manifested in people voting ACT, NZF and National in without understanding what that policy line up would produce.
It wasnβt an election in 2023, it was grudge-phuck against Labour.
So.
You didnβt believe me about what a National/ACT/NZF Government would do in 2023, hereβs what they will do if they win a second term in 2026.
- MASS STATE ASSET SELL OFF: They are already lining up to sell everything that isnβt locked down. They underfund a public service until you scream about how poor the service is and then they suggest privatisation as the solution.
- 60% SELL OFF OF CONSERVATION LAND: They have kicked the current plans to sell off 60% of conservation land Β to touch and will revise Β it after the election.
- CORPORATE CAPITULATION OF OUR DEMOCRACY: The Regulatory Standards Bill will remain and not be scrapped, it will allow the Taxpayersβ Union inside Parliament to scrutinise all legislation to ensure corporate property rights are put above human rights. Watch for Atlas Network and TU adjacent appointments.
- TOUGH ON CRIME PRISON EXPLOSION: The prison population is set to jump built on arresting the Homeless, burglars and shoplifters.
- MORE MINING AT EXPENSE OF CLIMATE: Shane Jones already has made some secret deal with Trump over our rare earth minerals and his championing of the dirtiest, cheapest mining where we get bugger all royalties has been turned into a culture war where Shane screams βwokeβ at any environmental protections. There will be nothing Shane doesnβt mine if National, ACT and NZF are returned. Letβs not forget he also wants the Fast Track Power back!
- TOTAL CAPITULATION TO ISRAEL: ACT are the biggest Zionist apologists in the Government, if National, ACT and NZF are returned expect open deals between the Government and Israeli business plus more IDF war criminals holidaying here.
- MORE COWS AT EXPENSE OF CLIMATE: Whatever the climate change question is, Nationalβs solution is always βMore Cowsβ. Expect even MORE cows if National, ACT and NZF win a second term.
- LOWERING WATER STANDARDS: Because there will be more cows, they will need to lower the water standards again. 1 Cow β 14 people pissing and shitting into the water ways. We have 8.4million cows in NZ, thatβs the equivalence of 117million people pissing and shitting into our water ways every single year.
- PRIVATE PRISONS: The only way the Government will be able to cover the costs of the rapidly rising Prison population is by Privatising Prisons. Expect ACT to make the argument.
- PULLING OUT OF WHO AND UN: Winston has gone full cooker on the UN because the conspiracy swamp he fishes in for votes believe the WHO is a shadowy one world Government run by a cabal of satanic child sex abusers. He will actually attempt it to keep his conspiracy theory nutters happy.
- TRUMP UBER ALLES: The total capitulation to Trump by this Government shames all our collective mana. If National, ACT and NZF are reelected, it will be Trump uber Alles.
- MORE RACE FRICTION: ACT have promised to bring back the Treaty Principles Referendum and Winston has announced a referendum on the MΔori Electorates.
- DOMESTIC HOUSING MARKET OPENED TO FOREIGN SPECULATORS: They have vandalised the economy so badly and are desperate for any economic activity that they will open the domestic real estate market to more foreign speculation. Currently they are allowing foreigners to buy $5 million mansions, but that will drop the moment they are re-elected to $2million as they attempt to restart the property speculation market.
- FISHING AMENDMENTS BILL: Shane Jones will allow the Fisjing Industry to fuck over recreational fishing community.
- MORE HYPER TOURISM: They donβt care about the environment, they care about what their donors want to do to the environment Β and they will open NZ to hordes of hyper tourism gridlocking our infrastructure again.
- VAST JUMP IN HOMELESSNESS, POVERTY + INEQUALITY: We are already seeing the ramifications of their brutality towards the homeless, beneficiaries and the poor. Expect these numbers to soar under a second term of National, ACT and NZF.
This is how we should all collectively feel about this Governmentβ¦
β¦I told you at the 2023 election National, ACT and NZF would create a toxic mix of policies, you didnβt believe me, well you are all being forced to drink it now.
Donβt pretend your voting them again in 2026 will achieve anything positive.
Youβve been told!
Independent Media is more important than ever, especially in the lead up to the Election. TDB is the largest Left Wing Blog in NZ and we have been operating for 13 years now. We get zero funding g from NZ on Air and we donβt have no rich backers. If you can donate please do so here or directly into our account β 12-3065-0133561-56
A second term of the regime will mean an aggressive fascist security clampdown as more of our democratic laws and safeguards are removed by ” perceived ” threats to the billionaire corporate class and its authority. The seeds for this have already been put in place with little opposition.
Look to see what the regime has done and behaved in the last 33 months. It is a framework they will exploit once the sleepy bigoted greedy Hobbits have given them a mandate.
Without being a conspiracy theorist I would suggest watching Sleeping Dogs or reading Smiths Dream to see a 1970s version of a fascist state and what it will mean to our way of life and artificial freedoms.
There is the prospect of the regime being returned with none of the popular vote but it won’t make any difference because every time the are challenged regarding their policies they will simply say they have a mandate.
A second term will finally remove any pretense of anything resembling our once proud egalitarian past.
It will also finally force a long overdue realignment of the politics that opposes everything that is and will be under attack. Just simply promising a slightly more kinder version of the next evil regime will simply no longer be taken seriously.
It will require a Kiwi ” Mamdani ” funded by grassroots support to take on the cruel wealthy corporate class that have bought out and now own the majority of our country , its institutions and our people.
They have had it their own way with no opposition or protest for decades.
If you want to see the future of Aotearoa then look to the UK and Trumps billionaire plutocracy .
None of the current regime , its leaders and its MP’s regardless of their political affiliation give a shit about our marginalized communities old and young until they want to solicit their votes through pandering to their prejudices and manipulate what they see and read.
The choice’s will be clear and to change it will require Kiwis leaving their comfort zone as the implications of the regimes policies will directly harm them and their families.
The money that will be spent on keeping them in office will be huge and the propaganda will be the same as used at the last 2023 campaign.
Only a smart strategy will stop their reelection.
So far smarts and a strategy are absent as well as a united groundswell to defeat them.
It is likely the Naive and Gullible who are easily misled by Fake Promises will vote for whomever makes those promises only to find out Too Late they have been Lied to.
National and NZ First have a Well Trodden Track Record over many Decades of resorting to pre-election promises that they will Always Break Once the Votes have been Counted. It is their Modus Operandi.
This time there will be that Illusion that the Economy is Improving and NZers are much better off Financially than they were 5 years ago. Blame will of course be thrown upon the previous government even though that cannot be confirmed but the Weak and Gullible are easily Misled and Thrown Carrots of Lies and Deceit for the Sake of Votes.
At no time will this mainstream NZ media actually Stand Up and Question In DEPTH whatever pre-election promises that even the Promise-Breaker Winston Peters will make. Perhaps because when it comes to Winston Peters he always throws a Belligerent Temper Tantrum and has a Go at the Media with ridiculous Blame Games and Name Calling and So the Media avoids any Contention or Confrontation with Peters. Such avoidance is to me a Weakness on the part of the media. Yet maybe they are too worried to hold onto Their Jobs rather than demonstrate any proper form of TRUE Media Scrutiny of National, ACT and NZ First!!!!
Lets see as time goes by the Lesser Degree of Media Scrutiny by our Media whilst they pursue Sycophantic approaches for the sake of their job security and therefore more Bullshit, Lies and Deliberate Mis-information via the media from National, ACT and NZ First.
There will be alot of False/Fake Information eg The Housing Market is on the increase and the Economy is PROSPERING. But I think in this day and age with even probably the expense of such staples as SALT we need to take these Feel Good Advert with a Pinch of Salt.
I just wonder as to how long NZers Patience will hold out when told the economy improving for Them is almost 2,3 or more years away by a government that has distanced themselves from reality but more likely what their MPs can get out of events for themselves personally and for one(Luxon)photo opportunities and Self Achievement????!!!
To even consider a rerun of this atrocious CoC is suicidal for NZ and its inhabitants! OK if you are lucky enough to be one of the wealthy as you can continue to enjoy all the spoils and get your jollies from watching the jobless / homeless cope with a cold Winter on the street! How have we bred folk with such a spiteful and cruel mentality? Easy to see β we have Top-feeders and Luxon’s terminology, Bottom-feeders! I know which ones I have more respect for! We should all clearly have seen that raising pay rates by percetages would cause this huge divide β but we chose not to notice the effects it has had on our society, its most vulnerable, and so clearly our underpaid, workers. No doubt a large number of the TF’s are church-going, so called ‘Christians’ as Luxon claims to be. No, it doesn’t wash with me β it’s a disgrace and anyone who promotes it, has no heart or soul. As I have said many times β there is enough to go around but it’s all with the TF’s who don’t give a damn so long as they can live their inflated lifestyles. And please stop banging on about the handling of Covid β it has been shown time and time again we were one of the very best countries in the WORLD and 20,000 more would have died had the Right been in power at the time! Also, read Martyn’s list of what this incorrigible CoC will be after if they get a second term! Again, how in the hell do some people sleep at night?
Oh yes.
They are only just getting warmed up.
David Seymour is grinning in anticipation at taking holiday pay and sick leave away from workers as well as legislating unions out of existence.
They will deny it if challenged of course.