Post AKkQVsIHbUXpgrd73I by ryancrawcour@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #AKjMc4UAatk4GUvfwu by ryancrawcour@mstdn.social
2022-06-22T00:55:15Z
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Gee, i wonder why @NZNationalParty leader @chrisluxonmp would be against changes to political donation rules aimed at improving transparency!?! Just what are they hiding?#NationalNotFitToGovern#nzpolhttps://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/06/why-national-leader-christopher-luxon-is-against-changes-to-political-donation-rules-aimed-at-improving-transparency.html
(DIR) Post #AKjMc5ciMcAfnHw0uG by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-06-22T00:59:48Z
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@ryancrawcour This morning I listened to Guyon Espiner's interview with Luxon for RNZ. Very slick. We may have another Teflon John on our hands ;)#RNZ #GuyonEspiner #ChrisLuxon #NationalNZ
(DIR) Post #AKjWzFhQ4DYXFIopPs by ryancrawcour@mstdn.social
2022-06-22T02:56:06Z
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@strypey he is known as the 2nd coming of JK. jeesh, not looking forward to that.9 yesrs of JK nearly destroyed us.
(DIR) Post #AKjXkph43i6uUTLCQS by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-06-22T03:03:39Z
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@strypey that's what political 'handlers' train their charges to do. Stay 'on-sound-bite', and avoid being drawn into revealing anything more... Very cynical. And yeah, Luxon is not the leader we need or want. He's more of the same warmed over rubbish we've been fed for the past decade+. Sadly, Labour's almost as bad. @ryancrawcour
(DIR) Post #AKkQVsIHbUXpgrd73I by ryancrawcour@mstdn.social
2022-06-22T03:55:20Z
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@lightweight @strypey yes. very dissapointed with Labour this term. Time for some real change.
(DIR) Post #AKkQVsrNV0cLRi38kq by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-06-22T04:00:21Z
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@ryancrawcour @strypey sadly, among the political parties, the pickings are desperately slim. No party besides the Greens have an admirable principle between them. And, sadly, the Greens, despite having their hearts in the right place, aren't good enough at execution or communicating their message effectively. The political system seems to filter out most of the leaders we desperately need (there are a few possible exceptions, though quite junior).
(DIR) Post #AKkQVtOhV7Gx73dkh6 by ryancrawcour@mstdn.social
2022-06-22T04:19:40Z
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@lightweight @strypey indeed. I am hoping thst Greens pull Labour more left this time round and keep them honest. We'll see.
(DIR) Post #AKkQVtnrzXPCN7PqvQ by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-06-22T04:27:39Z
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@ryancrawcour @strypey yes, that's my hope, although given the broad lack of awareness (most people are still in denial about the approaching climate calamity) and appreciation of the Common Good I see in the NZ body politic, I'm not overly optimistic. We need a progressive government, and we need people to realise that conservatism is largely broken (like the status quo it seeks to preserve).
(DIR) Post #AKkQVuIi8s4julqTzs by ryancrawcour@mstdn.social
2022-06-22T04:53:21Z
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@lightweight @strypey agreed. Hope we never see a other conservative government again.
(DIR) Post #AKkQVuytc1os1baAka by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-06-22T04:57:21Z
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@ryancrawcour @strypey most stuff is pretty shit in the world right now - socially, environmentally, and economically - the trajectories are all downward. The 'halcyon days' for which many people pine weren't as good as they think (or, at least, not for many other people and ecosystems). Yes, we need to try new things, and rapidly respond to stuff that's working and to stuff that's not. We need a gov't *all* of whom have read (& grokked) Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future...
(DIR) Post #AKkQVvXzVXtNmS0CS8 by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-06-22T04:57:52Z
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@ryancrawcour and Kate Raworth''s Doughnut Economics @strypey
(DIR) Post #AKkQVvzzpQIHBJ6Z6W by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-06-22T13:16:50Z
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@lightweight @ryancrawcour and Ishmael by Daniel Quinn ;)#Ishmael #DanielQuinn
(DIR) Post #AKkRN40amO0XN2iYM4 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-06-22T13:26:46Z
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@lightweight > Stay 'on-sound-bite', and avoid being drawn into revealing anything more...That's standard political marketing, yes. But what I'm concerned with here is Snapper Key's ability to assert, quite convincingly, that he's worried about a thing, while defending policy that does it harm. @ryancrawcour
(DIR) Post #AKkRgv8dT6sdeSwrIW by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-06-22T13:27:12Z
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@lightweight > Stay 'on-sound-bite', and avoid being drawn into revealing anything more...That's standard political marketing, yes. But what I'm concerned with here is Snapper Key's ability to assert, quite convincingly, that he's worried about a thing, then smoothly change gears and defend policy that does it harm. @ryancrawcour
(DIR) Post #AKkRgzSdOhFp3eKt1c by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-06-22T13:30:07Z
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@lightweight An example of Luxon doing this is when he ruled out privatization of public assets and admitted that the Reaganite/ Thatcherite festish for Small Governments (ie more powerful states with less democratic participation or checks and balances) is counterproductive. Then later making arguments for tax cuts for the wealthy, and deregulation (keeping government out of the way of business, yada, yada). @ryancrawcour
(DIR) Post #AKlYGPW1JRL6sp9VUO by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-06-23T02:18:44Z
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@lightweight > most stuff is pretty shit in the world right now I sympathize with this view of the world, I've spent a lot of time stuck in that hole, particularly over the last couple of years. I heartily recommend reading more #GoodNews. See also my last couple of posts with links from the Positive News co-op magazine in the UK.@ryancrawcour