Winston’s War on Woke isn’t just a stunt – it’s a calculated move to drag New Zealand back to reality. He’s betting that Kiwis, like voters worldwide, are ready to reject the ‘deluded left passage’ of identity politics and media bias.
If parents actually had to choose – if they weren’t forced to fund schools pushing values they don’t believe in – many of these secular approaches would die a quiet death in the free marketplace of ideas. They don’t work. That’s why they need to be forcibly subsidised.
A country that tolerates huge numbers of children born into welfare, so many young skipping school, and declining achievement standards amongst those who do attend, can scarcely expect first world standards of health, or any other kind of care. Get real is the message.