The Australian experience with ‘The Voice’ referendum backs up your worries about the power of a well funded organised campaign to minimise indigenous rights. Watch the international money flow into Aotearoa as Act’s bill progresses…
Indeed. When I first discovered Atlas's workings and connections, I spoke at length about their work in Australia for 'The Voice' referendum. Racist memes flooded social media, and many lies were told about Indigenous Australians.
It's all very sad. And that's why it's surprising no-one in NZ media, apart from Newsroom and Mihi at RNZ have touched the parallels.
Thanks for your comment, Keith. It's heartening to have common friendship during times like this.
Thanks for putting into clear writing what many of us feel but don't have the energy to research - sadly even if enough people see the truth & make this a one term govt 🤞🏾, major damage will already be done to our institutions, and most distressingly, to the people who rely on them because they don't have "choices" to pay for private options. We will never get back the lives lost, opportunities missed, futures destroyed etc. which is the true COST of these selfish policies.
I attended a talk yesterday by Craig Renney, CTU economist, who told us at the start he was going to depress us with his statistics of how the Coalition is running down NZ's infrastructure and overall economy by underfunding and yet lying to make us all believe it's about getting the country back on track.
It was depressing but also uplifting to hear a credible, expert take on what these clowns are up to. Much of what he had to say backs up your comments Tui, in fact it made me wonder if you were actually Craig Renney in disguise. Thanks for a great read.
I laughed loudly. Thank you. I wish I was Craig Renney in that at least I'd have some additional resources. I don't follow the CTU often but I will start looking more at his work.
Much more importantly, what is occurring is actually in plain sight. It only takes a few hours to digest the budget and choices and policies to make it all come into clear sight. Not only the decisions being made, but how it will play out in terms of consequences to us as a nation and peoples.
I wrote yesterday that most of my insights are intuitive, and the time I take is more about how to lay it out articulately for others to see for themselves - through facts and data and their own eyes and ears.
I believe in the power of facts and information, from this small corner of the world.
I've sent this to my American cousins. One lot are gun totin licensed to carry floridians, they'll have a sulk and won't talk to me for a few months. The other lot are at the exact other end of the political scale and live in Michigan, so I'll still be welcomed there. Ya do get too old for tantrums.
"Those are my opinions and I am happy to be proven wrong."
Even if you were half wrong there is no doubt in my mind in NZ we have a wealthy puppet govt doing the bidding, of NZME and their ilk. Watch them sell ACC to private health insurer AIG for a quick buck - it's worth $50bn but winks and nods Luxon will let it go for half that. It's another reason why Reti is allowing public hospitals to deteriorate
Reti is quite the ..... I am trying to keep it civil so I will leave it at that.
The thing is Winston, and it's been very disconcerting, I have been able to predict a lot of their actions. That's why I am really, very happy to be proven wrong.
The privatization and letting our public services crumble will ruin our health system and be very expensive to fix and remediate. If NACT1 lose power, they will then spend all their time in opposition saying the government who is trying to fix it, is 'wasting money.'
That type of cycle is unhealthy and would need structural changes to remedy.
We have never recovered from Muldoon's folly. The cancellation of Kirk's pay as you go super scheme with the bribe based tax paid scheme is still a millstone making NZ a borrower nation not a lender nation like Singapore and Canada
Democracy is failing worldwide, to many people are voting for lies, they believe they will be better off. The reality is only the top 1% are better off. Right wing agenda is all about themselves, raping countries for their resources for their own profit. Dumbing down education to keep people ignorant. The thing is you always going to get people challenging these methods, because not everyone is closed minded. We need to keep fighting for our rights to a good quality of life. It is greed absolutely that will destroy the world.
Greed and fear based lies. By creating an enemy in their minds - they are also self fulfilling their vision. It is a difficult time for the world, undoubtedly and the strength of money and resource continues to impede our enlightenment.
Moving away from China as an ally is not an Atlas inspired policy. It's already a key Biden administration foreign policy platform, and for good reason. China is now joining Russia in online election interference campaigns, is becoming more aggressive in it's violations of other countries Exclusive Economic Zones, and is building up it's navy to a capacity that is 200 times what the US can currently achieve. They're also buying up gold, copper ores and iron ores, and moving away from holding US dollars. In the next 5 years we may very well see the blockade and annexation of Taiwan finally happen.
Well I'm not sure you need to argue for a point that is already clearly in the Atlas Network Project 2025 Manifesto. i.e. it's public and available. It's not inspired.
Atlas wrote it.
ATLAS NETWORKK QUOTES:
"For 30 years, America’s political, economic, and cultural leaders embraced and enriched
Communist China and its genocidal Communist Party while hollowing out Ameri-
ca’s industrial base...Our manufacturing economy has been financialized. And all along, the corporations profiting failed to export our values of human rights and freedom; rather, they imported China’s anti-American values into their C-suites."
"But these really are not many issues, but two: (1) that China is a totalitarian
enemy of the United States, not a strategic partner or fair competitor, and (2) that
America’s elites have betrayed the American people. "
There's a lot more of that paranoid verbiage in the Atlas Project document written by Heritage Foundation members.
And if you want to look at the clear and importance differences between Trump and Biden's stance on China, there is plenty of coverage on it from esteemed publications:
Interestingly, Russia is primary on election interference campaigns, notably Brexit and for Trump in 2016. Yet Trump and Vance see Russia as a key ally - so those comments ring hollow.
I'm just saying that it's strange to characterize Luxon trying to move away from China as Atlas inspired when it's currently the direction most of the western world is heading in.
That statement from the Atlas network is partially correct, once you take out the populist garbage. China has indeed hollowed out America's industrial base, and they do not operate as a fair competitor.
Luxon came back from the US and made very hawkish provocative comments about China. An interesting correlation. Helen Clark and Brash both came out to criticize Luxon strongly for his language and approach. I'll let those who have experience in foreign affairs speak for themselves.
Your statements sympathize with Atlas so I'm not surprised you want to continue it.
This isn't surprising as the current administration is getting more and more hawkish on China. I'm not a fan of Atlas at all, we have discussed this with each other on reddit in the past, however there's such a weak connection here that it's not a very responsible thing to publish.
The Australian experience with ‘The Voice’ referendum backs up your worries about the power of a well funded organised campaign to minimise indigenous rights. Watch the international money flow into Aotearoa as Act’s bill progresses…
Great writing again Tūī
Indeed. When I first discovered Atlas's workings and connections, I spoke at length about their work in Australia for 'The Voice' referendum. Racist memes flooded social media, and many lies were told about Indigenous Australians.
It's all very sad. And that's why it's surprising no-one in NZ media, apart from Newsroom and Mihi at RNZ have touched the parallels.
Thanks for your comment, Keith. It's heartening to have common friendship during times like this.
Thanks for putting into clear writing what many of us feel but don't have the energy to research - sadly even if enough people see the truth & make this a one term govt 🤞🏾, major damage will already be done to our institutions, and most distressingly, to the people who rely on them because they don't have "choices" to pay for private options. We will never get back the lives lost, opportunities missed, futures destroyed etc. which is the true COST of these selfish policies.
🙏
I attended a talk yesterday by Craig Renney, CTU economist, who told us at the start he was going to depress us with his statistics of how the Coalition is running down NZ's infrastructure and overall economy by underfunding and yet lying to make us all believe it's about getting the country back on track.
It was depressing but also uplifting to hear a credible, expert take on what these clowns are up to. Much of what he had to say backs up your comments Tui, in fact it made me wonder if you were actually Craig Renney in disguise. Thanks for a great read.
I laughed loudly. Thank you. I wish I was Craig Renney in that at least I'd have some additional resources. I don't follow the CTU often but I will start looking more at his work.
Much more importantly, what is occurring is actually in plain sight. It only takes a few hours to digest the budget and choices and policies to make it all come into clear sight. Not only the decisions being made, but how it will play out in terms of consequences to us as a nation and peoples.
I wrote yesterday that most of my insights are intuitive, and the time I take is more about how to lay it out articulately for others to see for themselves - through facts and data and their own eyes and ears.
I believe in the power of facts and information, from this small corner of the world.
Thanks for your feedback, Robbo.
Well said and thankyou Tui
I've sent this to my American cousins. One lot are gun totin licensed to carry floridians, they'll have a sulk and won't talk to me for a few months. The other lot are at the exact other end of the political scale and live in Michigan, so I'll still be welcomed there. Ya do get too old for tantrums.
100%
"Those are my opinions and I am happy to be proven wrong."
Even if you were half wrong there is no doubt in my mind in NZ we have a wealthy puppet govt doing the bidding, of NZME and their ilk. Watch them sell ACC to private health insurer AIG for a quick buck - it's worth $50bn but winks and nods Luxon will let it go for half that. It's another reason why Reti is allowing public hospitals to deteriorate
Reti is quite the ..... I am trying to keep it civil so I will leave it at that.
The thing is Winston, and it's been very disconcerting, I have been able to predict a lot of their actions. That's why I am really, very happy to be proven wrong.
The privatization and letting our public services crumble will ruin our health system and be very expensive to fix and remediate. If NACT1 lose power, they will then spend all their time in opposition saying the government who is trying to fix it, is 'wasting money.'
That type of cycle is unhealthy and would need structural changes to remedy.
We have never recovered from Muldoon's folly. The cancellation of Kirk's pay as you go super scheme with the bribe based tax paid scheme is still a millstone making NZ a borrower nation not a lender nation like Singapore and Canada
Democracy is failing worldwide, to many people are voting for lies, they believe they will be better off. The reality is only the top 1% are better off. Right wing agenda is all about themselves, raping countries for their resources for their own profit. Dumbing down education to keep people ignorant. The thing is you always going to get people challenging these methods, because not everyone is closed minded. We need to keep fighting for our rights to a good quality of life. It is greed absolutely that will destroy the world.
Greed and fear based lies. By creating an enemy in their minds - they are also self fulfilling their vision. It is a difficult time for the world, undoubtedly and the strength of money and resource continues to impede our enlightenment.
Go for it MT!!
👊 👍
Moving away from China as an ally is not an Atlas inspired policy. It's already a key Biden administration foreign policy platform, and for good reason. China is now joining Russia in online election interference campaigns, is becoming more aggressive in it's violations of other countries Exclusive Economic Zones, and is building up it's navy to a capacity that is 200 times what the US can currently achieve. They're also buying up gold, copper ores and iron ores, and moving away from holding US dollars. In the next 5 years we may very well see the blockade and annexation of Taiwan finally happen.
Well I'm not sure you need to argue for a point that is already clearly in the Atlas Network Project 2025 Manifesto. i.e. it's public and available. It's not inspired.
Atlas wrote it.
ATLAS NETWORKK QUOTES:
"For 30 years, America’s political, economic, and cultural leaders embraced and enriched
Communist China and its genocidal Communist Party while hollowing out Ameri-
ca’s industrial base...Our manufacturing economy has been financialized. And all along, the corporations profiting failed to export our values of human rights and freedom; rather, they imported China’s anti-American values into their C-suites."
"But these really are not many issues, but two: (1) that China is a totalitarian
enemy of the United States, not a strategic partner or fair competitor, and (2) that
America’s elites have betrayed the American people. "
There's a lot more of that paranoid verbiage in the Atlas Project document written by Heritage Foundation members.
And if you want to look at the clear and importance differences between Trump and Biden's stance on China, there is plenty of coverage on it from esteemed publications:
https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-trade-tariffs-china inflation-1c17b1d223080b7a594326905380845a
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/us/politics/biden-trump-china-trade.html
Interestingly, Russia is primary on election interference campaigns, notably Brexit and for Trump in 2016. Yet Trump and Vance see Russia as a key ally - so those comments ring hollow.
I'm just saying that it's strange to characterize Luxon trying to move away from China as Atlas inspired when it's currently the direction most of the western world is heading in.
That statement from the Atlas network is partially correct, once you take out the populist garbage. China has indeed hollowed out America's industrial base, and they do not operate as a fair competitor.
Luxon came back from the US and made very hawkish provocative comments about China. An interesting correlation. Helen Clark and Brash both came out to criticize Luxon strongly for his language and approach. I'll let those who have experience in foreign affairs speak for themselves.
Your statements sympathize with Atlas so I'm not surprised you want to continue it.
This isn't surprising as the current administration is getting more and more hawkish on China. I'm not a fan of Atlas at all, we have discussed this with each other on reddit in the past, however there's such a weak connection here that it's not a very responsible thing to publish.
You're presenting circular logic. Atlas's direct quotes are above.