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Sunday, August 20, 2023

Kevin: Random Thoughts On Election 2023


Let me start with the obvious. Either National or Labour are going to win. Both outcomes are as bad as each other.

If you find it hard to imagine a government as bad as or worse than the present then consider this: Luxon has virtually said he’ll get in bed with the China. And that alone will make any of the disastrous things the current Labour government has done pale in significance.

‘But what about co-governance?’ you say. If you really think Luxon is going to stop co-governance, think again. Here’s somebody who openly virtue-signalled he’s learning Maori.

Sure, you can argue I’m reading too much into it, and also point out the Luxon has said he’s opposed to co-governance, but I don’t think I am. My bet is he’ll replace co-governance with something very similar and call it something like ‘racial equity’.

Luxon has also shown by the way he’s treated his MPs that he is no leader. Recall his recent treatment of Chris Penk where he played the role of a bullying and condescending boss telling off an errant employee. And it wasn’t the first time.

Now for the minor parties.

The Greens.

One good thing I can about the Greens is at least you know where they stand. If you want a government that is willing to the destroy the economy in order to stop the planet from warming by 0.00001 of a degree then vote Green!

ACT.

What does ACT stand for? I really don’t know.

As a so-called Libertarian party they had opportunity to fully back the cannabis referendum.

They didn’t.

They had the opportunity to oppose the lockdowns.

They didn’t.

They had the opportunity to oppose the vaccine mandates.

They didn’t.

They had the opportunity to talk to the parliament protestors.

They didn’t.

In fact, with regard to the lockdowns and vaccine mandates, they actually supported them.

NZ First.

Winston Peters is saying that he’ll never form an alliance with the current Labour government. However, back in 1996, Peters said that he would never get in bed with National, but despite this, as kingmaker, he still picked National.

To be fair though, as a general rule, all politicians in one way or another lie.

It’s been said that Peters was given no choice when he chose the current Labour Party over National. But when he picked Jacinda Ardern, he said it was because there was an economic storm ahead and that Labour was the best party to steer us through it. He didn’t say it was because National had given him no choice. He was half right, in a way.

And to be fair (again), no one, and I mean no one, could have predicted just how bad the current Labour Government would be.

So what can I say about NZ First? During the current government’s first term, NZ First showed beyond a doubt that they could be an effective handbrake.

Since Labour and National are as bad as each other, a handbrake will mean that at least they won’t be as bad as if there was no handbrake. Which is at least a reason to vote NZ First.

To be honest I haven’t made up my mind who to vote for. For me, it’s going to be choosing the best of the worst.

Kevin is a Libertarian and pragmatic anarchist. His favourite saying: “There but for the grace of God go I.” This article was first published HERE

5 comments:

Anonymous said...


Pretty accurate.
However, a clear stand against co-governance must be taken NOW - otherwise, too late

Parties MUST be told that this is your bottom line as a voter.

Anonymous said...

Kevin you’re right about Luxon and National.
They’re labour lite. Just look at what they’ve done to Stuart Smith- demoted to 56.
He’s the one National Party politician contributing thoughtfully to this site - i have little doubt he’s been so far demoted because he’s refused to go woke; he’s spoken out in support of dismantling co-governance, as best he can.
Stuart Smith’s demotion tells us all we need to know about how anyone in the National Party who wants to confront New Zealand’s maori take over, will be treated.
Right now, New Zealand’s number one priority must be to get rid of the strangulating treatification of everything.
Unless we can do that, cost of living, crime and the wreckage that is our health system won’t have a hope of being fixed.

Anonymous said...

As a deeply disappointed and traumatised LP ex-member I couldn't vote Labour after they have wasted their majority parliament.
I don't trust Luxon to keep out the foreign house buyers or to not encourage house price rises even though inflation and interest rates are against it at present.
Act would cause chaos which we may need some of but it won't be good.
The Greens will give any wealth we may have away with their socialism and will encourage more woke stupidity than we need.
That leaves Winston and NZF who has had the same consistent message for 30 years. One NZ for all NZers. What harm has Winston Peters caused NZ during his parliamentary roles? He had no say in our current government yet somehow people blame him for this rotten lot of dictators. He is castigated by the media who opine endlessly about his supposed transgressions but they never quote him, they paraphrase to make him look bad.
MC

Anonymous said...

Big Picture:

Dependency On The State Is The Core Of The Takeover Plot Of Humanity.

Most of you have entered the final stage of your voluntary acceptance of mass slavery, and that slavery is fully dependent on the concept of fear, compliance to a false ‘authority,’ and total dependence on the very tyrant called government, whose plan is to control the world by controlling the common, ignorant, and apathetic collective crowd called ‘the people.’

Anonymous said...

Globalists are seeking to subjugate the world, and to do that they need to undermine the basic tenets of human interaction and understanding. They have allied with the political left in order to blitz the populace with chaos, keeping people distracted and off balance while the powers-that-be wrap their tentacles around every last vestige of private liberty.

Our greatest hope is for the citizenry to adopt a hostile posture and refuse to compromise another inch. We have to start calling the political left out for what they really are – The striking hand of the globalist cabal. There can be no give-and-take when it comes to our core principles. No more tolerance of deconstruction, no more slack given to saboteurs. If a subversive group is trying to tear down the moral fabric that makes the west functional and free, if they desire to eradicate the heritage that our founders fought to establish, then we must do as the founders did and remove the threat.

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