Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 25, 2023 10:46:09 GMT 12
Peter Winsley: WHILE PEOPLE FOCUS ON THE ELECTION RADICAL CHANGE IS HAPPENING WITHOUT VOTER AWARENESS.
Democracy requires free, fair and regular elections based on one person, one vote, and all votes are of equal value. It requires freedom of speech, open Government, a critical media, and the rule of law. It assumes human universality and therefore equal citizenship rights. It requires a secular Parliament and other Government institutions.
That is the way democracy is supposed to work in New Zealand. However, the reality is that radical change is now occurring with little scrutiny, and much electioneering is just a side show.
One change driver is the belief that centralization and Government control will give better outcomes than market workings, subsidiarity, individual initiative and local democracy. However, the major driver of radical change is enhancing race-based rights for Māori. It is asserted that Te Tiriti included principles, was an equal partnership between Māori and the Crown, and is an evolving document reflecting modern language, not that of 1840.
In fact, Te Tiriti states no principles. It makes Māori subjects of, not partners with, the Crown. It is constitutionally impossible for the Crown to enter into partnership with its subjects. In 1840 ‘taonga’ meant real property such as a waka or a patu, not for example, language, water, or a broadcasting spectrum.
The Waitangi Tribunal was initially set up to deal with specific grievances which, when resolved, would enable New Zealand to move forward. In fact, the Tribunal can only stay in business if it can find new grievances or amplify and complicate existing ones. Surely its “finding” that Northland Māori did not cede sovereignty reaches a nadir in legalistic tail-chasing, or is it a zenith that the Tribunal will aspire to go beyond in future? The Tribunal and Te Tiriti are now so unbounded they have “slipped the surly bonds of earth.” For example, Te Tiriti and “Treaty principles” are seen as integral to New Zealand’s space policy!
The ideology that has emerged in New Zealand is shaped by pre-colonial atavism and post-modernism, racial singularity, an enduring sense of grievance, benefit dependency, and the growth of an entitlement mentality at the expense of personal responsibility and agency. The ideology leads to absurd assertions that gain credence only because they are endlessly repeated and any criticism of them is branded as racist. Examples of such assertions include that colonization was an unmitigated disaster, that pre-European Māori lived in harmony with nature and with each other, and that traditional beliefs and “ways of knowing” such as mātauranga Māori should have equal standing with science…..
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/06/peter-winsley-while-people-focus-on.html
Democracy requires free, fair and regular elections based on one person, one vote, and all votes are of equal value. It requires freedom of speech, open Government, a critical media, and the rule of law. It assumes human universality and therefore equal citizenship rights. It requires a secular Parliament and other Government institutions.
That is the way democracy is supposed to work in New Zealand. However, the reality is that radical change is now occurring with little scrutiny, and much electioneering is just a side show.
One change driver is the belief that centralization and Government control will give better outcomes than market workings, subsidiarity, individual initiative and local democracy. However, the major driver of radical change is enhancing race-based rights for Māori. It is asserted that Te Tiriti included principles, was an equal partnership between Māori and the Crown, and is an evolving document reflecting modern language, not that of 1840.
In fact, Te Tiriti states no principles. It makes Māori subjects of, not partners with, the Crown. It is constitutionally impossible for the Crown to enter into partnership with its subjects. In 1840 ‘taonga’ meant real property such as a waka or a patu, not for example, language, water, or a broadcasting spectrum.
The Waitangi Tribunal was initially set up to deal with specific grievances which, when resolved, would enable New Zealand to move forward. In fact, the Tribunal can only stay in business if it can find new grievances or amplify and complicate existing ones. Surely its “finding” that Northland Māori did not cede sovereignty reaches a nadir in legalistic tail-chasing, or is it a zenith that the Tribunal will aspire to go beyond in future? The Tribunal and Te Tiriti are now so unbounded they have “slipped the surly bonds of earth.” For example, Te Tiriti and “Treaty principles” are seen as integral to New Zealand’s space policy!
The ideology that has emerged in New Zealand is shaped by pre-colonial atavism and post-modernism, racial singularity, an enduring sense of grievance, benefit dependency, and the growth of an entitlement mentality at the expense of personal responsibility and agency. The ideology leads to absurd assertions that gain credence only because they are endlessly repeated and any criticism of them is branded as racist. Examples of such assertions include that colonization was an unmitigated disaster, that pre-European Māori lived in harmony with nature and with each other, and that traditional beliefs and “ways of knowing” such as mātauranga Māori should have equal standing with science…..
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/06/peter-winsley-while-people-focus-on.html