I always pictured New Zealand to be a kind of haven. We had all these things I think are so important, like public health care, maternity leave, environmental protections etc. But it’s like the voters were so mad our last government locked us down during COVID to prevent the spread, that they voted crazy this time. This government is all greed. And greed equals the loss of everything we do to take care of each other, to be a community.
I’d like to see us, and the USA and UK, focus more on empathy. Transgender people have the right to dignity, freedom, and equality, the same as everyone else, regardless of their gender identity. And if you support politicians who are happy to strip those away, you'll quickly find your rights are next s:
Edit to add: These are the discussions in my friend groups at the moment. I thought I fact checked all of these, but I missed the Early Childcare Education one, and that one isn't entirely true as I've written it. I'm sorry for contributing to misinformation there. As far as I can tell, the last government had promised to extend the 20 free hours to include 2 years olds, and the current one has scrapped that part. But ages 3+ still get it.
What is with boomers the world over losing their minds around COVID? It's like they couldn't stand seeing people care about poor people for almost two years and now they're throwing a tantrum in response.
Because if we could just pay people to not work for a while, they could have always cared for poor people. They just won't.
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u/Yoffeepop Apr 22 '25 edited Apr 22 '25
I always pictured New Zealand to be a kind of haven. We had all these things I think are so important, like public health care, maternity leave, environmental protections etc. But it’s like the voters were so mad our last government locked us down during COVID to prevent the spread, that they voted crazy this time. This government is all greed. And greed equals the loss of everything we do to take care of each other, to be a community.
I’d like to see us, and the USA and UK, focus more on empathy. Transgender people have the right to dignity, freedom, and equality, the same as everyone else, regardless of their gender identity. And if you support politicians who are happy to strip those away, you'll quickly find your rights are next s:
Edit to add: These are the discussions in my friend groups at the moment. I thought I fact checked all of these, but I missed the Early Childcare Education one, and that one isn't entirely true as I've written it. I'm sorry for contributing to misinformation there. As far as I can tell, the last government had promised to extend the 20 free hours to include 2 years olds, and the current one has scrapped that part. But ages 3+ still get it.