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Probably not news to any kiwis here, but ...
"The Electoral Commission said on 10 August 2026 that about 440,000 eligible people were not enrolled, including approximately 200,000 people aged 18–24.
So the simplest public message for the 2026 election is:
CHECK YOU’RE ENROLLED NOW.
UPDATE YOUR ADDRESS IF YOU’VE MOVED.
DO IT NO LATER THAN 25 OCTOBER.
YOU CANNOT ENROL AT THE POLLING PLACE THIS YEAR."#BryanBruce, 2026
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/bryan-bruce-dont-let-the-right-wing-steal-your-vote/
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Bryan Bruce breaks down Seymour's "State of the Nation" nonsense, with a hammer. There's even a dash of Atlas Network for good measure. Worth a read.
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"But I do think that since the introduction of the Neoliberal “economic reforms” of the 1980s and 90s, New Zealand has forgotten that the purpose of an economy is not to make a few people very wealthy at the expense of the many, but to create the greatest good, for the greatest number of its citizens over the longest period of time."
#BryanBruce, 2024
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"Don’t get me wrong. I am not nostalgic for the past. There were attitudes we thought once thought were acceptable that I am delighted to have seen the back of – strapping and caning children, imprisoning gay men, denying work, promotional and aspirational opportunities to women simply on the basis of gender."
#BryanBruce, 2024
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"... if we don’t close the widening gap between the rich and the poor [with reform], history tells us there will be violence and revolution."
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https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2019/07/24/guest-blog-bryan-bruce-capitalism-in-the-21st-century/Getting on with either of these sounds better than letting capitalists (eg Thiel) continue to mobilize alienated working class youth in neo-fascist movements, in a (probably) futile attempt to hold the current state of inequality in place. But my preferred alternative to all three would be nonviolent revolution.