A.I. Fabler is the author of the satirical series, “AGENDA 2060: The Future" (2021/23) , "The Seed of Corruption" (2022) and "A Song for Leonard" (2023).
So, if I was a politician and wanted absolute control without any hassles, I would prefer people to be deaf and blind. Being dumb would help also; though I suspect that automatically follows.
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I have just completed a three-year study of New Zealand’s productivity. The most productive workers in the city are the abseilers cleaning windows. They don’t hang about.
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One suspects that when Australians close their eyes and imagine an Anzac, they see an Anglo Saxon or a Celt with a larrikin view of authority and a strong sense of mateship. It may be the desire to hold on to this image that explains the continuing appeal of the day.
Whales in the woods https://t.co/W4iuCmIGf9
There are many people in Wellington bureaucracies and academia who are ardent nativists. They learned their history from Walt Disney and his depiction of the noble savage casting magic spells to an Elton John soundtrack.
There are two kinds of journalists: lapdogs and watchdogs https://t.co/uMwvJedXfG
Disease for profit: it was a massive crime, but those who profited were too powerful to be stopped. They owned the government agencies, the money markets, and the media.
This story is happening now.
The Democats are purring https://t.co/EaPCsaICPm
Come to think of it, whenever a cat has sat on my knee and started purring, I have always been aware of this low, menacing vibration being emitted from its body. Maybe that’s the source of the Kamala Harris vibe.
Pride is the wrong word. Give it back. https://t.co/kfkUlfkPcA
So, allow me to lead you gently through some of the highs and lowlights you’ve been missing. Starting with the Opening Ceremony.
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The key to understanding Trump is to understand hyperbole as a rhetorical device. Anyone who has been to a Baptist church, or an NFL locker room, will recognize the style. It’s Trump’s only style, and for those who place value on their schooling it jars.
‘Far Right’, ‘Far Left’, and ‘Populist’ definitions depend on your starting point, and are, therefore, more defining of those who choose to use the term, than of those of whom the term is used.
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