FTFY: “either party”

Vote anything but the main two parties. The two that are ostensibly our “choices” are structurally similar. It’s like they are treating us like two year olds: giving us “choices” which lead to the same desired outcome.

Mad man yelling at the moon:

WTFC? National and Labour are both neoliberal parties that are robbing us blind. Labour just attempts to make it seem a little less painful. National finds support in “different ways”. I really don’t care which parties are meeting with gang members. I would expect them to interact with gang members to understand how to better fold them into society. This bullshit “gotcha” photo bullshit just shows that the parties are grasping for anything that might change their election outcomes without actually changing their policies which might improve the lives of most people. Fuck the politics. Fuck this stupid fight. Fuck the media for platforming it. It does not matter.

Please consider voting for neither Labour or National. They’ve been bending us over for the last 40 years. It’s been consistently getting worse, not better. Let’s change it.

Is PieFed “better” than Lemmy in the sense that there is more / different content? It looks like there are distinct / different posts when I browse it.

This is straight up disingenuine.

We used to have this as part of the Commerce Act: https://youtu.be/pONRoLttdaU?t=1635

EDIT: That entire episode is worth a listen if you have the time.

I’d be happy with saving ~$3b a year by means testing super.

While they are at it they could remove the landlords’ interest deductions to save another ~$2b.

Perhaps we could spend this money of paying nurses enough so they want to stay here instead of move to Oz.

Please see rule #1.

I really wish Labour would see that the electorate has figured out that neoliberal policies don’t make our lives better. They are in the perfect position to lead us through the changes that are coming. Their refusal to acknowledge the need for structural change reminds me of the impotence of the American democrats.

The old tricks aren’t working anymore. They need to reinvent themselves based on what the Millenials and later actually want. Basically: stop robbing young people and giving it to the retirees.

Sorry for the rant. It’s just frustrating to watch.

This is much more sensible than everyone uploading their IDs and face scans to untrustworthy social media companies; or worse: shady 3rd party identification companies that don’t seem to properly protect them: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jmzd972leo

Thanks Dave!

Interesting post history. You seem passionate about a single topic. Almost to the point of spamming it.

Ugh, they have the worst thumbnails.

$0.46 NZD 😮

Here’s a video showing how it’s made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET8mqVGDQ1s

“I’m very disappointed - I don’t mean to scold New Zealanders - but disappointed that they feel that way.”

“It’s important that you care as much about your defence as we care about your defence, and that does mean increasing spending.”

He’s either stupid, naive, or malicious. Whatever the case he can fuck off.

The reality is the US empire dying in a death spiral is already creating a power vacuum and further destabilising global economies that were already facing existential threats. At some point, many countries will turn to conflict as a way to restart their economies. Not sure if you read my message but you may have missed “the economies” which means many countries; not just China. Nobody was suggesting aligning with the USA. Thanks for joining the conversation.

This kind of goes along with Gary’s ideas that wealthy people support far right groups to protect their assets. I always give $10 or $20 to the ones I support. It’s mostly so they can say they got donations from X number of people.

I just finished his book, btw. Thanks for the recommendation.

You are right. Labour and National are both neoliberal parties. Labour just seems to make life a bit less painful for people while still refusing to make any meaningful changes. I don’t want three free doctor visits. I want nurses to be paid fairly. I want affordable housing. I want a system that taxes unproductive stuff (land banking) and reduce taxes on productive stuff (income). Labour will never actually do it.

Opportunity says they are into “evidence-based policies” instead of “the same old thing that got us into this mess”. So, they support things that are sensible instead of just left or right. Opportunity and the Greens are the only ones putting forward tax policies that will fix the crappy “nobody can afford anything” situation we’ve gotten into after the whole Rogernomics thing.

They are just waiting for the right time to take Taiwan. I’m no expert in this area but it’s been all over the news:

• https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3358063/china-and-philippines-have-rare-naval-stand-near-disputed-scarborough-shoal
• https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3358686/china-adds-20-japanese-entities-its-export-control-list
• https://news.usni.org/2021/03/09/davidson-china-could-try-to-take-control-of-taiwan-in-next-six-years
• https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4547637-china-potential-taiwan-invasion-2027-us-admiral-warns/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidson_window

The economies of the world are cooked. It seems likely, to me at least, that global war will be used as an economic reset in the case of a precipitous market correction (calamity?) to bootstrap a new economy. Maybe I am just stuck in a doomer echo chamber of economists explaining things that the algorithms rank highly. I just don’t see anything moving in the correct direction. We’re in for a wild ride and then hopefully things will get better afterwards.

This was my take too. There’s no CTA or advice; so, after reading it I am left more uncertain then when I started it.

Nice!