New Zealand's Ardern seeks second term as pandemic-focused polls open

[thaibeachlovers]

9 hours ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

Socialism as a political system aims for the removal of capitalism through legal and political processes and a reduction of class distinctions (while still allowing for some to achieve more wealth than others). Socialism allows individuals to own property and businesses but advocates for industrial and production capacity to be communally owned and managed by consensus or government.

 

Jacinda Ardern does not espouse these aims and so is not a socialist. At most, I guess she would qualify for the label of a "progressive."

 

Progressive is a bit of a debated term but in general, most of those currently labelled as "progressives" emphasize the principles of racial equality and minority rights and believe in mitigating income inequality by various "progressive" policy measures. Most also advocate for a public health care system and support strong environmental protections and measures to reduce or eliminate pollution.

Can't find the current % of NZ climate pollution in the world, but pretty sure it's still under 1%.

In 2014 it was 0.17 % ( source- google ).

Things other than climate change are far more pressing in NZ, like domestic abuse, illegal drugs, gangs, education, suicide and poverty.

[thaibeachlovers]

2 minutes ago, Poet said:

I always find it funny when people who choose to live in a corrupt military dictatorship pride themselves on boycotting a relatively benign American company that has delivered some much needed innovation to several industries, and sold its products to hundreds of millions of enthusiastic customers.

With 1.5 billion devices currently active, and by far the highest customer satisfaction rating of any company, it's fair to say that, on the whole, Apple has been a more positive addition to the world than the thousands of other corporations whose products we buy without feeling the need to virtue signal about it.

Personally, as a professional, I simply use the best tools that are available to me.
 

I think one would be hard pressed to find any government that is not corrupt to some extent nowadays, but anyway, I don't live in a military dictatorship.

However, I'd prefer to live in Thailand where one can still live a life free of PC and over regulation.

[stevenl]

9 hours ago, UnkleGoooose said:

<snip>I don't know what you think a socialist is<snip>

Maybe read the post you replied to.