The only way out is through
Allow me to stay on the theme of demographics for another week. This has been on my mind as I will be taking a break from writing and on holiday for a month visiting Japan and Korea, both of which are dealing with this scenario: low birthrates and a declining population.
New Zealand faces the same situation, but we have replaced the second ingredient with a more dangerous one: mass migration.
The lesson of ‘free trade’ is that low-cost goods always end up being the most expensive because economic foundations, productive capacity and secure markets are the irreducible basis of national power and strategic autonomy.
If you are at all worried about any of these protocols, feel free to consult a local kaumātua. A koha needs to be paid, which may translate as a ‘gift’, but in reality translates as $299 an hour, payable by cash, credit card or bitcoin.
The Long March left have all but won – how do we march back?
Mr Young, who is the Outdoors and Freedom Party’s Wellington North candidate, said he is standing to speak truth to power. We need to recognise the harms done in New Zealand since 2021, he said.
The lesson of ‘free trade’ is that low-cost goods always end up being the most expensive because economic foundations, productive capacity and secure markets are the irreducible basis of national power and strategic autonomy.
