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I cannot support Act policies, no matter how much I dislike the other parties. Here are some scary Act policies:
And here are some others (some seem to overlap with National):
Act is the party that represents the idea that regulation messes with a system, and the best system has almost no regulation. Any tampering causes unintended consequences so we shouldn't tamper. Which is silly, and I believe the only reason they support the idea is because they benefit from it.
Yep this is pretty much my position. There are definitely issues with the details of this proposal. In general, I like the idea of steps towards abolition of prisons (learning from each step and adjusting expectations as we go). But I can't imagine a world where I'd vote for Act. Their views are fundamentally against my lived values.