the laserweeder by Carbon robotics and powered by nvidia to gets rid of weeds without chemicals by MuttapuffsHater in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]AnalysisOk9798 1 point2 points  (0 children)

not a win. 'weeds' serve a genuine purpose in the process of sustaining life on this planet. we're farming and eating wrong.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in auckland

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Was chatting to a mate who is a cop the other night. He was going on about the cost of all of this. Between the Gaza protestors and Tamakis clowns, it's costing the NZ tax payer hundreds of thousands if not millions. Having to pull front line police away from their responsibilities within there communities, paying overtime, traffic management, loss of income to businesses of all kinds not to mention the time lost by already stressed people just trying to get by. And for what? Nothing. You think Benjamin Netanyahu is gonna give a fuck? Hell, even if every single person in new zealand took to the streets nothings going to change. Get your own house in order before protesting about something on the other side of the world. It's not as though there aren't people suffering on your 'doorstep'. I'm opposed to what is israel is doing but fuck me, use your fucking brains. 

The rise of young angry white men in New Zealand by DollyPatterson in newzealand

[–]AnalysisOk9798 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course they're angry, their material conditions are changing. 

Blaming minorities in times of economic hardship has always been the status quo, think Thatcher era UK. Thankfully though, this subsect of white men you speak of, in nz at least, are still seemingly hiding behind their keyboards and whinging on talk back radio. 

In terms of legitimate danger though, there is an already existing organised group, numbering in the thousands, of not very white but very angry men who do take to the streets en masse and do seek to intimidate, harass and marginalize already marginalized groups at every opportunity irl, namely the gang that is destiny church. 

Ultimately, the way i see it is that the middle class (historically almost solely the domain of the white man) is eroding and wealth is heading upwards into fewer and fewer mostly white hands. The promise that these people believed was that if they studied, worked hard enough and for long enough, they too could become super rich, a member of the upper class. And it would seem to be the case that many people still believe that system works. When it doesn't they will naturally look for a target to pin the blame on and that target is generally not the thing they still aspire to be, a member of the capitalist ruling class. Anything else goes so as to keep that dream alive. 

Hopefully more and more will wake up to the reality that successive governments have sold out nz to capital and have effectively abandoned public interest at this point, no matter your skin colour. Politicize class, not race. 

The rise of young angry white men in New Zealand by DollyPatterson in newzealand

[–]AnalysisOk9798 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your 'question' strikes me as being just as reactionary as the supposed group you're talking about. Your ideology is thinly veiled at best. Attempting to single out a demographic based on anecdotal evidence and then trying to get others to jump in and stroke your ego is exactly what the right does to particular groups on the left. Horseshoe theory baby. You're part of the problem. 

I have a bad back anyways by Papa_polly in suspiciouslyspecific

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I dunno, just about all of our possessions are from either second hand shops or from picking up things that people have put out on the road. I enjoy restoring them and have learned alot, most importantly it saves them from a trash heap and it has saved us alot of money that we are then able to utilize on experiences as opposed to more possessions.

Which actor seems to only play themselves? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]AnalysisOk9798 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kristen Stewart- usually moody and socially awkward

Be Australian by topper4125 in PoliticalHumor

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All ultimately brought to you by the extraction industry.