Peter Lynn: The Peasants are Revolting

Over the last 30 years, state sectors of Western democracies have expanded and senior level state employment, with its high pay, security and access to the levers of power became a magnet for the academically gifted, especially independence minded younger women. University educated they initially moved into ministries before spreading back into academia, and out to media, consultancies, mainstream political parties, the legal profession (including the judiciary), local government and lately, HR departments of larger corporates. During this period their political centre of gravity moved sharply left- at least partly driven by self-interest as they accrued advantages from an ever-larger government sector.

Guest Post: Abraham Lincoln and the Treaty of Waitangi

A guest post by Peter Lynn published on Kiwiblog.

In 2005 I went on a pilgrimage with a group of Americans to Gettysburg, site of the pivotal battle of the American Civil War. At the climax of our visit, I was the only person willing to attempt Lincoln’s address. It was rendered in a kiwi accent with quite a bit of fudging but to sustained applause- very polite people Americans.

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal—–”

Guest Post: Peter Ellis Case Blows Up New Zealand – Twice

A guest post on Kiwiblog by Peter Lynn:

The strengthening of Tikanga is ominous for New Zealand.

In the 1980’s and 1990’s there were sporadic hysterias about paedophile rings and satanic abuse in various western countries.

In 1993, 35-year-old homosexual Peter Ellis, who had been working at the Christchurch Civic Childcare Centre was tried for offenses against children and found guilty. Four female workers were discharged.

Guest Post: Cultural Revolution in the West

A guest post on Kiwiblog by Peter Lynn:

Over time, a technocratic ruling elite has established in Western countries. By the 21st century, their influence has become substantial. Members of this elite are overwhelmingly city based, generally university educated, and have become to an extent hereditary by family connections, shared culture and institutional preferences.