https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/mafia-family-tree.pdf/view
The points have been made and known for years..as the linked Monbiot articles from 2018 show
It may be timely for Monbiot to remind everyone about libertarian think tanks and their influence but it is hardly a revelation, he (and others) have been drawing attention to the fact for years, if not decades.....and everyone knows who the likes of the ...
Russia today may be worth watching to determine what happens when (the metaphorical) Atlas shrugs. The captains of industry (and finance) have largely abandoned Russia in the face of the threat of sanctions and Putins actions....the current coping ...
Id suggest the quantity is irrelevant...and it is also reciprocal.
The most accurate, encompassing and respectful descriptor may be 'people whom I disagree with'.
Look to the fact the incumbents had their own agenda and were not addressing the concerns of the voters Robert, and the voters reacted accordingly. No cartoonists required.
Apparently very selectively. It is a strange process that appears so effective on some occasions and not others....one might conclude that there were other forces at play.
were they manipulated in 2017 and 2020?
I suspect you will find many of those who didnt vote labour/green were anything but moneyed
They took a bold path that was not the path wanted/needed....hence the rejection
Progressive causes tend to lose their import when the existential ones are ignored....id suggest the electorate understands that even if only at a subconscious level.
"I read that the 3% of the wealthiest NZ'ers already pay about 25% of all income tax and that the bottom 50% of taxpayers paid no net tax at all." Those numbers may (or may not) reflect the tax paid by the nominated cohorts but are unimportant to the ...
And?
Lol...strangely some would.
"The rich are not all venal,selfish..pricks.They care about NZ and its future.They have no problem with paying extra tax,be it CGT or wealth tax." Like all generalisations therein is an element of truth....it is often an advantage to be a venal selfish ...
No chance for change is what the elites have historically reassured themselves with...and it works well until suddenly it dosnt, as history demonstrates. There is always someone else hungry to be the rule maker.
What does your post tell me? That you have no idea what you speak of.
Recency bias I suspect.
Always?.....the risks are a growing and assets are only worth what someone is willing/able to pay for them.
Remembering that the wealth (generally) resides in assets that are market valued and consequently always at risk of revaluation...in either direction.
A policeman's lot is not a happy one. Fortunately none of my lot ever asked to head down there for New Years.
Wanaka has been a teen/young adult destination for (particularly) new years partying for quite some time.....if not Wanaka, it will be somewhere else.
Do we preclude the mentally impaired, drug affected, those with dementia? Part of human growth and development is understanding and participating in the world we live in
Id suggest that parental voting on behalf would largely reflect the proportion of vote uin any case...but once a child can physically mark and place their ballot in the box there is no need for parental/caregiver assistance....remembering this is the ...
Very serious....are children not also citizens?...and ones likely to be more impacted by the future? Not only does it ingrain a sense of belonging and civics it would also likely increase voter participation and political engagement long term...and the ...
Yes they may, just as occurs now in certain circumstances....however once a child is capable of filing their own ballot they have the same freedom of secret ballot as everyone else.
Democracy (to my mind) is the ability to (s)elect our representatives on a one person, one vote basis....the only exclusion which I believe permissible is on the basis of age, though personally i'd advocate no age restriction. As to possible alternatives ,...
Of course you did Robert....nevermind.
So do some authoritarians/ fascists....let us hope they (and you) never end up running things. Democracy appears the best method (though not infallible) for ensuring that.
That will depend upon how you determine 'our culture'....the problem is global and the responses myriad, both between and within cultures. You are living proof Robert....you exist within a culture that operates at odds with your own philosophy, as do ...
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