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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.