Bill Adam

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@barbaraAhart @Suitandtie9999 Hmmm that little disclaimer “Gemini is AI and can make mistakes”.

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@leekinnz @TaxpayersUnion I fear I’m already in one, Wilma.

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@mikeerwydd1968 Experimental biochemistry?

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@FoxNews Comfortably Dumb, AOC

[🗣 Free Speech Union ✊ @NZFreeSpeech]

Should you be free to question, mock, or walk away from a religion without the law getting involved? We think so, obviously.

That freedom is on the ballot this election. Extending hate speech law to cover "insulting" religious groups is in the Green Party's manifesto, and Labour hasn't ruled out reviving the version they shelved last term.

Call it what it is: blasphemy law, brought back in through the side door. New Zealand got rid of this once. We're not doing it again.

🚨 SIGN THE PETITION: https://t.co/yCcjkmSpu7

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@paglii_dewanii Blue car across the road looks like 60’s

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@nzpoliticsgroup “The Opportunist’s Party” Shameless power grab. It’s your opportunity to vote for the Chinese Communist Party right here in Aotearoa!

[Hayek-Club Weimar @WeimarClub]

Sozialismus ist das perfekte Geschäftsmodell für Politiker: Er erzeugt Abhängigkeit, und Abhängigkeit erzeugt Wähler. Wer vom Staat lebt – durch Transferleistungen, Subventionen, „soziale“ Absicherung, planwirtschaftliche Privilegien – wählt denjenigen, der die Hähne aufdreht. Der Politiker wird zum Versorger, der Bürger zum Klienten. Je größer die Abhängigkeit, desto größer die Macht. Deshalb lieben sie ihn. Nicht aus Ideologie, sondern aus nacktem Eigeninteresse.

Kapitalismus hingegen ist für die politische Klasse eine existenzielle Bedrohung. Er belohnt Eigenverantwortung, Risiko, Innovation und private Initiative. Er macht Menschen unabhängig vom Staat – und damit unkontrollierbar. Wer seinen Lebensunterhalt selbst verdient, seine Entscheidungen selbst trifft und seinen Wohlstand selbst schafft, braucht keine Gönner in Berlin, Brüssel oder sonstwo.

Jede Regulierung, die „den Markt zähmen“ soll, ist in Wahrheit ein Instrument, um Wettbewerb zu ersticken und etablierte Interessen zu schützen. Der freie Markt braucht keinen Politiker als Mittler. Der Politiker braucht den freien Markt als Feindbild.

Deshalb die ewige Rhetorik: Kapitalismus wird als „gierig“, „ungerecht“, „unsozial“ gebrandmarkt – während der Staat, der mit Gewalt monopolisiert, umverteilt und kontrolliert, als moralische Instanz auftritt. Es ist die älteste Strategie der Macht: die Abhängigkeit als Tugend verkaufen und die Unabhängigkeit als Gefahr.

Der Staat hat kein Interesse an freien Menschen. Er hat Interesse an Untertanen, die ihm dankbar sind. Sozialismus liefert die Untertanen. Kapitalismus liefert die Freien.

#FreiheitstattKnechtschaft #SteuernsindRaub #Eigentum #Freiheit #ParasitenwegmitEuremZwang

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@barry_john35199 “Taxing Old People”? Or maybe “The Opportunist’s Party”? Useful idiots? Or straight out CCP?

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@NZFreeSpeech Hindi might be the next big thing

[Neo @Realneo101]

Dear world,

We Iranians need your voice.
The Islamic regime is hanging our people every day.

Help us stop these executions.
Even one tweet matters.

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@Michaeldownunda @worldiswatchu Breeding pens? Obviously not houses for pakeha then…

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@visegrad24 Be careful Belgium. I feel a whole lot of tariffs coming on…

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@KatrinaBiggs2 I guess they were hoping some of the blokes down on farm might join and swell the coffers….

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@NZFreeSpeech Professional psychologists with an irrational fear of the truth…just as nuts as anyone else!

[Ani O'Brien @aniobrien]

One of the most important functions of the state is not just to punish crime. It is to reassure ordinary people that they do not need to take justice into their own hands.

That is the social contract. Citizens surrender the right to personal vengeance and vigilante justice in exchange for the state providing a fair, effective, and impartial system of law. We agree not to take matters into our own hands because we trust that serious wrongdoing will be dealt with appropriately by the courts.

But this trust is not automatic. It has to be earned and maintained.

When people see violent offenders receiving absurdly lenient sentences, when victims are treated like shit, or when different groups are treated differently under the law, confidence in the system breaks down.

The social contract is far more fragile than people realise. Most people obey the law not because they fear punishment, but because they believe the system is pretty fair and legitimate. If that belief disappears, the restraint that holds society together weakens.

History is full of examples of what happens when large numbers of people conclude that the authorities either cannot or will not uphold their side of the bargain. Parallel systems of justice emerge and communities start protecting themselves. People also become more willing to excuse behaviour they would previously have condemned.

Governments, especially Britain, should be extremely concerned about declining public confidence in justice systems. It’s so much bigger than individual sentences. It about the fundamental legitimacy of the state.

A society where people trust the justice system is peaceful because citizens believe justice will be done.

Britain is headed to chaos and the awful attacks in Scotland today are evidence. Large numbers of people have come to believe that the institutions governing them are unwilling or unable to enforce rules consistently.

A fundamental duty of government is to maintain public confidence that the law applies equally, serious crimes are punished appropriately, and justice is not a privilege reserved for some but a guarantee owed to all.

[Francis Poldark @UH60Andy]

@DouglasKMurray @spectator of course not, draft govt guidance below

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@Suitandtie9999 Labour’s policy be like - give us your bank account details and password. Trust us - we know what we’re doing….

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@NMowbray23 NZ’s model is stupid, ineffective and it would take a miracle to change it. Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas.