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# Things That Make Me Go Hmm
- URL: https://goodoil.news/things-that-make-me-go-hmm-148/
- Published: 2020-07-12T04:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-07-12T21:02:03.000Z
- Author: The Good Oil
- Tags: Featured, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00

> Massey University Professor [Paul Spoonley](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/shows/2020/07/new-conservatives-defend-western-culture-as-greatest-in-the-world-warn-nz-sliding-toward-socialism.html?ref=goodoil.news) says the New Conservative members likely felt they were in a war around identity.

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The BFD. Professor Paul Spoonley

> “They tend to be deeply sceptical of a lot of mainstream institutions and at times you’ll see **conspiracy theories** coming through,” he says. “**For example you will see online, that some of the members believe that the Prime Minister is a Marxist** and is a puppet of, let’s say, a Chinese communism.”  
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> [newshub.co.nz/home/shows/2020/07/new-conservatives-defend-western-culture-as-greatest-in-the-world-warn-nz-sliding-toward-socialism.html](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/shows/2020/07/new-conservatives-defend-western-culture-as-greatest-in-the-world-warn-nz-sliding-toward-socialism.html?ref=goodoil.news)