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Today I was at a bus stop and there was a Labour Party guy handing out some crap about transport costs. As a dole bludger I get $1 bus fares but under National it'll be $2.65. I don't see this as a reason to vote. I handed the flyer back, as soon as I saw it was political, and I told the guy: "I don't like any of these parties".
I'm 32 and I distrust boomers and Gen X that's why I don't vote. These people only enrich themselves. I don't trust older millennials either, if they are 5-10 years older than me they probably have a higher quality of life, therefore they cannot be trusted.
I won't be bribed into voting (transport schemes) and I disagree with National and Labour, who view the country like it's a god damn vending machine. They think everything is about money - insert coins and the country functions. A good country is one that cares about its people. It needs to have pride and patriotism. I'm not proud to be a New Zealander and none of these parties are any good. Regardless of who gets elected, I still want to move overseas and teach English in Moscow.
The Green Party wants housing trusts to build more, but the Greens are weak on de-regulation when it comes to private builds. As a former Act Voter I can't take the Greens seriously (I voted for Act in 2014 but never voted in an election since then). I also can't trust Act because they don't want to de-regulate housing.
The main reason I don't vote, is because I never see Gen Z or millennials doing any housing related activism. Voting every 3 years means nothing if you're not an activist. I can't think of even 1 person in Christchurch who I can rely upon to listen to me and increase support for my views on housing. All these kids do is get sucked into these political movements and political parties. People my own age and younger are turning into my enemy because they side with corrupt political parties, and waste their energy on that sort of crap. They should be helping me with grass-roots stuff, not supporting these disgusting political organisations.
Agreed on the lack of protests and movements regarding the housing crisis and cost of living.
People would rather go out there and do the classic Trumper vs. Antifa / Protest vs. Counterprotest, than get together on matters of class and poverty. It almost seems like it is done on purpose to direct attention away from the things that actually matter.
With that out of the way - I voted for the Green Party this week. I know it's depressing to see lousy and incompetent parties, but complaining is always easier than doing something. We also need actual foot-on-the-ground movement building - which means meeting people face to face in order to get together not just for public demonstrations, but also doing work in the community like meals for the homeless, etc. (which also helps spread awareness to the general cause)