First they came for the doctors But I was confused by the numbers and costs So I didn't speak up Then they came for our police and nurses And I didn't think we could afford those costs anyway So I focused on my own life Then they came for the Māori And I closed my eyes resolutely Who were Māori to me, and why do their problems matter, anyway. But then one day I opened my eyes And looked around And saw a new New Zealand A corporatized, privatized, money driven utopia My country had become anew Where only the well to do could afford a pre-sentencing report So more browns and the poor could render their just desserts Where only the wealthy could afford the best healthcare And everyone else can wait their rightful turn, death or sickness be damned Where every time we drove on a road we added to the profit margins of a firm headquartered in the US or Switzerland Where my child's education competed with private charter schools that strive for profit, but on my taxpayer money Where asset after national asset is privatised, corporatised and we are told this is the only way to save a weak, sick, country that is Aotearoa, never mind that's it's not even mildly true It's a new land where the well to do, the bosses, the leaders, the rich are seen as successful and worthy of investment It's the forging of a new America right here in Aotearoa New Zealand. As the sun sets on the original USA experiment, from failures ingrained from the start, Luxon, Seymour and Peters seek a new one for their masters. Our fearless leader loves America And that is his due But we don't want to be them. Or do we? So rest at our own peril Our ignorance, our apathy, our politeness is their power And true strength Rest at our peril And look out for those who don't have the power to speak up Or are just seen as not important enough to care for The great dismantling of Māori rights paves their way.
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Where we the peasantry stood around like stunned mullets because we forgot how to fight.
Time to take some lessons from Ghandi me thinks
Brilliant, a very clever modern update on Martin Neimoller's warnings about the Nazis. It's so depressing that every generation has to keep reasserting the right to a fair egalitarian society.