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2026-07-22 20:44 UTC

@leighelse@mastodon.nz This is a very good, but chilling, article. I couldn't help thinking that the attack on "leftwing political terrorism" especially by Miller, reminded me of Peter's recent "snivelling wokesters" comment. It is part of the same pattern of denigrating, labelling, and belittling someone who thinks differently to you. His comment is part of the some broad trend of the right to demonise perceived enemies. And we all know where that leads, don't we? Chilling indeed.

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@BobLefridge@mastodon.nz 2026-07-22 22:54

"Democracies do not die to soundtracks. They die on ordinary weekdays, between the earnings reports, while the country is at work." This feels like a significant historical point for New Zealand. At a time when EU countries are severing their reliance on the US, the warm embrace of US nationalism by all three of NZ's coalition parties is indeed chilling. Within one term, the FBI and Palantir* both have a presence in Wellington and Rocket Lab is a full-blown, US-owned military contractor. This government has committed billions to fund US military projects. That all happened rather quickly. It benefits the US regime to keep subservient lackies like the gullible Luxon and his MAGA-friendly colleagues in power. Given Trump's promise to interfere with elections worldwide, assisting 'like-minded' parties to maintain or achieve power, I have no doubt that his bloodied fingers will be actively tipping the scale in our November election, including via social media. *Especially* via social media. NZ democracy is being sacrificed at the altar of American madness. * Palantir may have been here earlier and I have no doubt they are all over our government data. And our other data. All of our data. @paulh@cloudisland.nz @leighelse@mastodon.nz #Palantir #NZPol #USA

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