Posted by alexandra_k on October 26, 2018, at 19:02:00
In reply to Re: coal and god » alexandra_k, posted by sigismund on October 25, 2018, at 7:53:10
> Well, Alex, things have been such that one little thing is enough for me.
Yeah. I do see what you mean. I also see that she has likely been cooked up by some foreign con-munications department so that we can all feel better.
Things have been getting worse and worse and worse and worse and worse for a greater and greater and greater proportion of New Zealanders.
Our suicide rates are amongst the highest in the world and our death by traffic are also atrocious (often in what is likely a particular form of suicide).
Our economy is apparently 'the best place in the world in which to do business'. Not just because of the lack of laws to protect our workers but becuase of the presence of laws that actively favor businesses and business interests above all else.
Our environmental laws are behind other developed nations (we would likely need to tidy up our production process in ways which would result in significant losses for business if we wanted a free trade deal -- because at the moment it's looking like our government is directly subsiding these heavy polluting industries and heavy polluting means of production).
Our copyright laws only grant an artist copyright over their products for 50 years. In this day and age (in the developed world) that is not the lifetime of the artist. We will not extend copyright protection for 70 years. We do not want our artists to live longer we do not care about the value of their product (paying them a living wage would be an opportunity cost for big business).
I do not know anyone in New Zealand who owns only 1 house. Either they own no houses at all or they own at least 2. Things have been going better than swimmingly for a small minority of people in New ZEaland. Ones willing to do whatever it takes to serve the business monopolies that we have.
We only seem to have the illusion of diversity. There is only 1 main grid for power supply. THen there are a different range of middle managers who take their cut, to be sure.
You can spend your time trying to figure which of those it is best to go with. If it's fun for you.
Just don't pay attention to the where the money actually goes. Who is actually getting rich off of slum landlordism at the end of the day.
Who is getting rich off of all those people living in cold and humid mouldy sewerage infested hovels.
But she's cute for the camera, sure. I mean... She's so sociall skilled! Doesn't she just make you feel better about life and this quaint little clean green slice of paradise!
We don't know how lucky we are!
In an age where the US provides the airforce for Al Queda in the brave fight against terror, a little simple kindness goes a long way. I can't imagine Scottie doing it. You have had some reasonable women PMs too.
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> >i got to wondering how much they are doing radiation experimentation, still, on the oceanic peoples.
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> You are not talking about the Pacific atmospheric nuclear testing of the 50 and 60s then?
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