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The term "Libertarian" was first coined in 1857 to summarise opposition to the authoritarian relations generated by the state, capitalism and patriarchy – and the desire to end them.
From PM press I think
Space Changes You and Katy Perry Gets High
#katyperry #blueorgin #Feminism #soicaljustice
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Beyond. Parody.
Cloud capital is in a league of its own, beyond market competition from DeepSeek-like upstarts, because its power lies in its capacity to modify our behaviour and remove us from any market... www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/01/28/c...
Breaking News! Government Minister Shane Jones Against Foreign Ideas!
#nzpol #nznews #atlas
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That was my reaction.
Picture of NZ Prime Minister and family in matching Christmas pajamas
"The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor." Voltaire
Merry Christmas New Zealand
#nzpol #dystopia #luxon #christmas #luxon
The Fatal Flaw Of Free Market Capitalism
#capitalism #demoracyatwork #libertarian #freedom
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Its Sunday. Step away from the Zombie Box and wrap your ears around this.
#music #lute #TrondBengtson
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While the cartoon says it is a Soviet technique it has been used in countless settings and is probably nearly as old as politics.
A cartoon explaining that Whataboutism is a "technique of responding to an accusation or difficult question by making a counter-accusation or raising a different issue. Whataboutism changes the subject without acknowledging a problem."
From “An Idiots Guide to Right Wing Communication”: A counter manual
#nz #pol #nzpol #atlas #National #government #racist #NZNWR #whataboutism
Part 1: Whataboutism
Activity: Can you spot an example of Whataboutism in politician or political commentator near you?
The Song Remains the Same: Jacinda Bad National Good
#nzpol #mountaintui #paultheotherone #nznews #kakistocracy
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#Dunedin #Dunedinhospital #theysavewepay #mountaintui
#atlas #capitalism #National #Act #mountaintui
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Your Mum Does The Washing
#NZNWR #capitalism #libertarianism #Pol #mumdoesthewashing
@joshuaidehen.bsky.social
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#NZNWR It's the weekend.
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#Baroque #music #stratocaster #Bacholic
He watched democracy die in his home country of Hungary. Here is his advice to Americans getting ready for a second Trump term.
Nice try God but not good enough. You need to disband corporations, take the money out of politics, limit the influence of political parties as they serve their own interest not ours, and not be so United States focused – that is the opposite of us. Come on God. We expect better of you.
The dangerous alliance between the criminal Kushner and Netanyahu families goes back decades. An excerpt from my book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT:
An audit of OceanaGold's Macraes mine by Otago Regional Council, completed in October, found "continued or repeated non-compliances" with several resource consent environmental monitoring conditions between 2019 and 2024. #NZPol www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
As literally everyone except possibly Hobson's Pledge knows, these principles are not remotely connected to Te Tiriti or to the decades of Tribunal and court jurisprudence on the principles of the Treaty.
It's an ahistorical whitewash and Crown power grab. It cannot be allowes to pass.
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Check this out if you don't know it.
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