NZ Politics

563 readers

1 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 1 year ago

MODERATORS

Dave

RaoulDuke

If the government was not a death cult, what would they be doing differently? (piefed.social)

submitted 8 months ago by rimu@piefed.social to c/politics

9 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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

[–] TagMeInSkipIGotThis 4 points 8 months ago

They're not just bigoted, they live completely deluded lives and/or are psychopathic in their commitment to their own betterment at the expense of others..

Eg, they either truly believe that everyone is able to become wealthy and live successful, healthy and happy lives no matter what start they had and what opportunities were handed to them. OR, they know that inequality of opportunity is a massive determining factor in quality of life, and they really don't care if they have to step on the poor, or the different in order to have more for themselves and ensure their children start with even more opportunity.

I think there are examples of both behaviours in this government. There's folks who seem like they don't realise they were born with an 80m head start in a 100m sprint and think they did a huge amount of work to "earn" their success. And i'm sure that some of them are perfectly capable of understanding that what they promote will increase inequality which will increase societal harm, and they just don't care.