The ministers responsible for green-lighting major projects need to be open about potential conflicts of interest, says Transparency International.

This government doing it’s best to ruin the country and our reputation overseas. Having said that I have witnessed too many acts of corruption to every buy that we were somehow more honest than other countries.

  • liv
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    2 months ago

    But it doesn’t have to be about enriching yourself.

    There are plenty of people on the left who want to save the environment by “any means necessary”. A fast track could come in handy for creating national parks etc.

    • BalpeenHammerOP
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      2 months ago

      There are plenty of people on the left who want to save the environment by “any means necessary”.

      Really? Plenty of people? Any means necessary? What percentage of the people on the left would advocate for slaughtering of babies in order to save the environment? how plenty is plenty?

      do you honestly believe a majority or even a significant portion of the left would advocate for global nuclear war to save the environment?

      • liv
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        2 months ago

        Oh my goodness I was joking. Of course not. The quotation marks around “any means necessary” were scare quotes to indicate an ironic use of the term.

        Relax, I’m not writing to Chloe Swarbrick to demand the use of the fast track to slaughter babies.

        I don’t see anything in our conversation above (or other conversations with you) that would indicate that I’m either criticising the left or else that I’m some kind of delusional homicidal fringe member of the left.

        Anyway, my idea of a witty comment did not work and tone is hard on the internet. Sorry. I think maybe I need to stay out of the politics section!

        • BalpeenHammerOP
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          2 months ago

          Anyway, my idea of a witty comment did not work and tone is hard on the internet. Sorry. I think maybe I need to stay out of the politics section!

          Or maybe, just maybe learn what a joke looks like. That way when you say something no sane person would interpret as a joke you won’t have to write a post explaining your supposed joke.

          • liv
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            2 months ago

            That’s unnecessarily cruel. There’s no need to tell me I’m “no sane person” or to say I “need to learn what a joke looks like”, just because of one misunderstanding that I literally just apologized to you for straight away.

            We’re on the same side about this issue. All I was trying to do, was agree with you and share ideas for how I think left wing people like me could maybe influence middle New Zealand to see how bad the fast track bill is.

            I know I’m poorly socialized these days. I don’t get to practice much because I hardly ever get to have conversations irl any more, but it felt friendly here in lemmy.nz until right this moment.

            I don’t know if you’re having a bad day or if it’s always like this, but I just… Idk, I don’t come here to get into arguments and be called names, it’s depressing, so I won’t be doing this with you any more.

            Anyway, thank you for all the articles you posted in recent months. I have really enjoyed reading them and your thoughts. Nga mihi.

            • BalpeenHammerOP
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              2 months ago

              Why are you so fragile? Why are you willing to dish it out but the minute anybody pushes back you start whinging about how poor little you are being abused on the internets.