2+2=5 Is a Vital Equation
Abandoning common sense is always the first step in a democratic society’s self-destructive descent towards dystopia.
Chris Trotter
Known principally for his political commentaries in The Dominion Post, The ODT, The Press and the late, lamented Independent, and for "No Left Turn", his 2007 history of the Left/Right struggle in NZ.
Woke Workshops and Kiwi Commissars
Commissar (noun): An official in any communist government whose duties include political indoctrination and the detection of political deviation.
Tarrant Strengthened What He Intended to Weaken
The strategic stupidity of Tarrant’s terrorist violence was that it fundamentally weakened the very same cultural and political forces it was intended to strengthen.
No Hate Speech in NZ
Let terms like white supremacy, extermination and genocide remain where they lie buried – long ago and far away.
Maori Cannot Re-Write New Zealand’s Constitution by Stealth
Chris Trotter democracyproject.substack.com THE DEMAND for a “Maori Parliament” needs to be carefully unpicked. Some Pakeha, thoroughly alarmed by the incendiary rhetoric surrounding the proposition have taken to muttering darkly about “sedition” and “treason”. This is not a helpful line of reasoning to pursue since a threat, if
Is the Coalition Going to Self-Destruct?
Chris Trotter democracyproject.substack.com ONE OF THE MOST PERPLEXING ASPECTS of the National-Act-NZ First coalition government is its perverse unreasonableness. Perverse, because in almost every instance the unreasonable nature of the Coalition’s policies generate reactions that can only be politically counterproductive to its chances of re-election. Politicians can