New Zealand, Welcome to the Post-Truth Era

Atlas Network's Heritage Foundation breathes life through Trump, but they also operate closer to home than most Kiwis are aware. What does it mean for who we are?

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

- Leonard Cohen

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EXCERPT

The way forward is both simple and complicated. Simple because the answers are clear. The large majority of humans seek a more peaceful, prosperous and joyful life. The large majority care about genuine cause and effect, ways to improve things, and values co-existence, nature and community.

Complex because we have been reared within a system of beliefs that teaches us what success is, what economy represents, what winning and losing is all about, and who we each are as individuals and groups.