NZ Politics

589 readers

13 users here now

Kia ora and welcome to the NZ Politics community!

This is a place for respectful discussions about everything that's political and kiwi

This is an inclusive space where diverse opinions are valued, but please don't be a dick

Other kiwi communities here

Banner image by Tom Ackroyd, CC-BY-SA

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Dave

RaoulDuke

Concern Donald Trump's 'eye of Sauron' is eyeing up New Zealand (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Ilovethebomb to c/politics

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

We do need to up our defence spending, in my view. Our armed forces, particularly our Navy, are something of an embarrassment.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] liv 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Really glad to see the article was about defence spending not territorial annexation like Greenland.

Realistically the real problem is likely to be nothing like this, it's more likely to be more subtle pressure on sovereignty issues (particularly civil rights and surveillance, possibly nuclear weapons) at the behest of Thiel et al.

Historically, once a faction of powerful country has strong vested private economic interests in a weaker one, if those private companies get the ear of their monarch or govt, they amp for their interests to be protected.

In extreme cases that's how the US got Hawai'i and the British got the Raj. In less extreme cases, it can play out in things like Musk's various interventions into South African politics.

[–] Ilovethebomb 2 points 2 weeks ago

We once had a non violent mutiny, essentially a strike, because a bunch of our sailors wanted out of their contracts because they could get twice the pay in the private sector.

Things are only slightly better today.