Understand that this rule is still in force today. The state does not want you to ‘do’ anything too dangerous. It much prefers that you focus on gathering ‘knowledge’ – but only the right kind.
Perhaps the biggest lesson of the last 80 years is that you must support what you love or it goes away. Unless you act, the things you love get captured and turned against your family.
The problem is that most people think ‘action’ is the same as gathering ‘knowledge’. This is understandable. We do, after all, live in the Information Age. It does feel like you’re ‘doing’ something when you learn about the world. It feels even better to ‘wake people up’.
To highlight the gulf between then and now, I’ve revisited some key political decisions and indulged in a little alternative history. How would the likes of Luxon and Hipkins have fared?
As early adopters of eugenics, socialists were impatient to get their hands dirty.
For a man of his age his workload is immense and his stamina is at least on a par with his ego. Yet, the media paint him as a bad man at every opportunity.
