New Zealand is by no means exempt from the effects of this unravelling neoliberal hegemony. In this country, also, there is a large colonised population presided over by a distant and hated elite. We, too, have constructed an underclass whose full citizenship and personhood is routinely denied in overcrowded prisons; at the counter of the local WINZ office; and by “unconsciously biased” teachers, medics and cops.
How did this monstrosity manage to get out of hand so fast in a first world country based on science? Because the corporate media’s favourite whipping boy, beneficiaries, were involved and no one lost money in newspapers from beating up on bludgers.
Labour will always be crucified for policy in a way that National never does.
So, 2400 tenants mercilessly thrown onto the street, $120m needlessly pissed against the wall, National use entire fiasco as cover for state housing privatisation while homelessness spikes, the mainstream media whip it up for ratings & not one fucking person is held accountable at Housing NZ because Labour are too gutless to annoy the PSA???
Welcome to fucking NZ.
…who the Christ goes out of their way to remove peoples rights to sue the State for discrimination, especially when those people are carers for family members who have serious illness or disability?
Reading Farrar is like going to the dentist, no one wants to go and while you know it will hurt it’s sometimes necessary and his expose on what really happened at Massey means the Vice Chancellor must be forced to resign.
I persoanlly have always found it fascinating that the whispering campaign against Clarke Gayford exploded in terms of amplification right after Jacinda ruled out all State agencies using Thompson & Clark.
How interesting.
I actually like Mark Richardson, sometimes he will blurt something out that is remarkably stupid and sometimes he mainlines the truth of the Universe, this morning on the The AM Show he accidentally did the latter.
So much for the media beat up regarding Government about to implode because Winston and Jacinda hadn’t agreed on a a lift in refugee numbers!
…someone is getting rich, and it ain’t the poor hard working farmer.
