Covid-19 and the State
Exposing the purposes of power. When people come to believe that the danger was exaggerated and measures to combat it are barely effective or even harmful, then the state’s power disintegrates and it can only be buttressed by ever-more-draconian controls.
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National’s poll numbers will certainly decline from this point onward; the only uncertainty is whether that support goes to ACT and New Zealand First so something can be salvaged from this disaster.
Thoughts on the Surveillance Grid
Person-level persistent surveillance is only one aspect of the enormous surveillance grid being built around us. Every bit of data will be used in some way.
No Winston, This Is His Country Too
Radically reducing immigrant arrivals and visa restrictions is one thing, but rounding up people who may have been in the country for decades because they don’t ‘look like a Kiwi’ is quite another – and a much more horrifying – story.
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And a Cyclist Commandeers the Court
Yet another perverse inversion of victimhood and abuse of bad legislation.
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