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A few more political fictions

* New Zealand has a democracy

* that any of its politicians have any idea about climate or environmental issues

* that the Green Party could give a fuck about environmental issues

* that electric vehicles are lighter on the environment than internal combustion engines are

* the covid vaccines were safe and effective.

* any vaccine is effective

* inventing viruses was a good idea (refer Jenner, Pasteur)

* the world can run more efficiently with 7.5 billion fewer humans and a billion or so robots

* if you're wealthy this must mean that you're intelligent (related to the two above)

* that the urban elite of Auckland or Wellington have any fucking idea.

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1 million kiwis moved overseas… thats 400,000 houses built overseas that house them… and 400,000 houses we are behind before we can think of them coming home!

( i think that means district plans separate more kiwi families than meth dealers! well done nz councils!).

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Good piece. Thank you.

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Excellent read

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Enjoying your evolution from reporter to a very insightful thinker, and writer.Today's piece was another step up again.

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Awesome write-up, loved the list of fictions! Reminds me of that philosophical aphorism, "the map is not the territory".

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This was a super interesting read, thanks Henry.

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This is good. One suggestion. The academic cliche "neo-liberal" is not helping your understanding. Hayek - who self described as a neo-liberal - would agree with much of your critique of technocratic government approaches. Most of the academics in NZ who use him as a swear word have read "The Road to Serfdom" at most, many have not even read that. He's a decent writer. I suggest his essay collection "Individualism and Economic Order".

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