This is edition 2024/178 of the Ten@10 newsletter.
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1. Are We The Baddies?
Chris Trotter
- 📜 Erik Larson's book "The Demon of Unrest" chronicles the US descent into civil war from Lincoln's election to inauguration.
- 🇺🇸 Americans became entrenched in beliefs about honor and division, mirroring today's NZ debate on decolonization.
- 🔍 Key question: Who in NZ's "New Zealand" vs. "Aotearoa" conflict represents the North and South?
- 🌐 Decolonizers echo Northern abolitionists in moral certainty; Color-Blind defenders resemble Southern traditionalists.
- ⚖️ Threats escalated post-2023 election, paralleling pre-Civil War tensions in the US.
- ⚔️ Like the US pre-Civil War, NZ faces ideological clashes over democracy, equality, and cultural identity.
- 🏛️ Legal parallels: NZ courts' influence akin to US courts in promoting societal change.
