In the maniacal race by New Zealanders to emulate the US in every sphere, NZ politics has now become power for the people as envisioned by the loudest unelected lobby group with the greatest number of disingenuous tentacles. Isn't the blob merely a lobby group or is it insidiously something more?
Hello from the United States. I couldn't agree more. These days it seems like you don't count unless you're part of a group, and your group doesn't count unless it's part of a bigger group, which doesn't count unless .... so when you finally get to the controlling group you have no say anyway.
In the maniacal race by New Zealanders to emulate the US in every sphere, NZ politics has now become power for the people as envisioned by the loudest unelected lobby group with the greatest number of disingenuous tentacles. Isn't the blob merely a lobby group or is it insidiously something more?
Hello from the United States. I couldn't agree more. These days it seems like you don't count unless you're part of a group, and your group doesn't count unless it's part of a bigger group, which doesn't count unless .... so when you finally get to the controlling group you have no say anyway.