Multiplicity is better than uniformity.
As much as you probably despise legacy media, most of us will miss it when it’s gone and replaced finally with social media.
The way things are right now, outlets like Stuff or the NZ Herald mediate what Kiwis see and hear about our society. By doing so, they boost or block certain narratives and subtly shift the country’s mental landscape over time. But at least this legacy media is mostly for New Zealand by New Zealanders. Mostly. That may be disappearing quicker than we realise.
The ban on under-16s using social media is doomed to never, ever, work.
I’ve got maybe 30 seconds. The helicopters are circling now. Focus. Focus. If you have enough people, you can get away with anything.
A putative One Nation Government would be a lightning-bolt of chaotic liberation.
Requiring people to see things that aren’t there is neither reasonable nor progressive.
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Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
