Will Chris win?

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        • @[email protected]
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          118 months ago

          Labour have done a horrendous job. They deserve this. But it will Royaly fuck the poor.

          Not looking forward to the next 3 years.

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            88 months ago

            Im just reminding myself that regardless of who is at the helm, things aren’t going to get better in the next 3 years. NZ has lacked decades of investment and so small that we are at the wim of Aus, Europe, China and US. National may give our country a bit of strength, but it won’t be stronger people and I doubt they will be looking ahead.

            • @[email protected]
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              78 months ago

              Rolling back environmental policies and landlord tax will be pretty bad for all of us. I don’t think strength is anything we require. Nobody is worried of an armed New Zealand.

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                38 months ago

                Clarification - economic strength, (business) investment, population and tech. Soft power, not hard power, but saying that I’m in Defense studies and the asia-pacific region is having significant concerns with hard power and we have a massive EEZ. Moot point though, back to mine.

                Our country needs significant financial investment - we love this country but we are soo far behind in soo many ways. Labour has tried to offset things like cost of living, housing, health but there is soo much to do.

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                  58 months ago

                  Business in my opinion. My very very controversial opinion. Business is a cancer. It’s the worst thing to happen to humanity since money was invented.

                  Business looks to squeeze everything to profit the few. Maybe stop looking to greed and start getting the basics. Housing food security.

                  You can rape pillage and destroy the planet for profit. Won’t help.yhe majority though.

                  But that’s just my incorrect opinion

                  • @evanuggetpi
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                    28 months ago

                    Yep, totally agree. Business is concerned with profit for shareholders. Infinite growth. Don’t worry about externalities like pollution, ecosystem collapse and gross inequality. Those are for society to deal with, or ignore. Business doesn’t care.

                    The fact that billionaires exist, and are idolised, is incomprehensible to me.

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                  • @[email protected]
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                    08 months ago

                    10 years ago I would agree with you. The changes of the last 10 years (and my non-youtube education) is giving me some hope. Any business is bound by societys ethics, norms and expectations (including the law) - we just have to demand our ethics and norm are followed.

        • @[email protected]
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          88 months ago

          Thats disappointing as I don’t think national gives a shit at all. I suspect the tax cuts with the current cost of living got national through, but it does nothing to move the country ahead.

          • @DaveMA
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            118 months ago

            I suspect nothing about what National offered was what did it, other than the fact they were not Labour. I fully believe that the majority of people vote without knowing what policies they are voting for.

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                68 months ago

                We get the government we deserve.

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              38 months ago

              I found that too. Any political conversation I had this cycle were basically: “Winston for the shit stir” or “Lifelong (insert party) voter”. Nobody I spoke to really knew any policy.

              • @DaveMA
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                98 months ago

                I’ve been mentioning the cool Act policies in passing to people I talk with. No one knew that they want to remove all building standards, repeal the act that sets our carbon reduction targets, or allow employers to call everyone contractors to get around employee protections and so they don’t have to pay annual/sick leave, etc. I’ll be watching the coalition negotiations with interest.

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                38 months ago

                Yup - “oh why vote for those losers” yet when I asked what they disagree with they have nothing. I feel like alot of nationals vote was “i want something different”, a tax cut or lifetime members.

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      18 months ago

      Woo fucking hoo.

      Gotta love that for some reason a bunch of people have voted against their best interests. Think it’s time to reevaluate giving people decisions about their lives.

      It does not end well.

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        38 months ago

        I disagree- they voted in their short term interest with tax cuts and blaming labour for the state of things. Our country is lacking soo much, and this was people just wanting something to take the edge off now.

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        • @[email protected]
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          18 months ago

          Take the edge of in what way ? Pretty short sighted if a couple months helps but then national policies kick in and things get markable worse. But who knows aye

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            48 months ago

            Oh, it is shortsighted. But people can’t think about the future if they are struggling now and it is something we all do. 2k tax cut gives me something now, 100,000 homes in 10 years I have to wait for.

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              38 months ago

              Which is probably why we are in this situation. We don’t look to the future. Gotta start thinking big picture. Planets fucked. Need some drastic changes or this is humanities end.

              But I get yah

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                18 months ago

                Im curious what way you voted - I didn’t vote any of the big 4 because their focus is the 3 year reelection (and act/green is effectively a lab/nat vote). Don’t need to answer, just speaking out loud and happy to see others are on the same page.

                • @[email protected]
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                  28 months ago

                  Unfortunately I’m eligible to vote( resident not citizen) but I would vote green.

                  Labour or green are an attack on national. Only way to fight national is to push up labour.

                  Two party systems are a big issue.

                  • @DaveMA
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                    28 months ago

                    You don’t have to be a citizen to vote in NZ. Permanent resident (or resident visa) is enough. So long as you’re entitled to live here indefinetly (and have lived here at least 12 months), you can vote.

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                    18 months ago

                    I went TOP because I agree with alot of their future plans, and if they got in would hope they side with Labour - green was my second.

                    The big parties need to be reminded they aren’t NZ, and they aren’t guaranteed.

            • @Ilovethebomb
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              18 months ago

              Do you actually think Labour would have built those houses?

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                48 months ago

                Labour - no. But pushing things in a direction can facilitate construction. I’ve been seeing huge number of subdivisions come in, rezoning and growth up but it takes time and the global situation has been kicking everyone’s ass and there is little any NZ govt can do about it.

      • @Ilovethebomb
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        08 months ago

        I disagree, a lot of people seem to think having equal rights to any other NZer is in their best interests, and I think that’s a reasonable point of view.