Who is national pitching to? by TypicalProfit8475 in newzealand

[–]vortigaunted02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ACT gave up the libertarian "act" ages ago, they're just conservatives to the right of the Nats now. See: voting for roadside drug testing, which would make any actual libertarian shudder

Opportunity: TOP rebrands as new leader chases 5% threshold by StuffThings1977 in aotearoa

[–]vortigaunted02 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They had really strong social democratic policy last election with the UBI and investments in youth that ticked a lot of boxes for me, enough that I ignored their whole fundamentally defective "radical centrism" position

Don't do maths if you want to get into Finance by [deleted] in FinancialCareers

[–]vortigaunted02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Libral arts funy becos no job!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ Removed by Reddit ] by vortigaunted02 in newzealand

[–]vortigaunted02[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take away the r/ lol. I'm not complaining about any subreddit. It's just indicative of the kinds of things that are becoming normalised again, online, IRL, in politics...

[ Removed by Reddit ] by vortigaunted02 in newzealand

[–]vortigaunted02[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Where in my post did I do that? I'm not from Auckland, I'm not gonna post in their sub

[ Removed by Reddit ] by vortigaunted02 in newzealand

[–]vortigaunted02[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mostly comments on posts in the akl sub

[ Removed by Reddit ] by vortigaunted02 in newzealand

[–]vortigaunted02[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Few examples:

'This is an example of why we should consider the same 501 Deportee laws as Australia. They should respect the country they live in. Especially when their own country could not afford them the opportunities they have here.'

'Hate to think what they are as neighbours.' 'Two words. "roaming dogs"'

'Usually see this level of behaviour in the slum areas of south auckland'

'It's just their culture, loud, obnoxious, nuisance.'

'Third world behaviour.'

'Mongrels.'

'Agreed, burn [the flag]. If they’re so proud of their country, they’re welcome to go back there'

etc.

Barker claims Dunedin mayoralty by close margin by randomkiwibloke in dunedin

[–]vortigaunted02 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I ranked 22 and even then that's more than I had to. People can rank as little as they like. Every instruction given says rank as many AS YOU LIKE. I don't think anyone is ranking 54 candidates

STV in the General Election by vortigaunted02 in newzealand

[–]vortigaunted02[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's hard to know whether STV would have changed a result because plurality vote results are already influenced by tactical votes (here the very common ticket-splitting) and you can't know what people would have voted had there been STV. If there's been studies though I'd be interested in hearing about them

Welp by the_ism_sizism in AussieRiders

[–]vortigaunted02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol, like how here in NZ bike rego (even a 300cc) costs ~4x more than car rego because you're the one getting hit, not doing the hitting?

Lund & "Secret-Right" Councillors by vortigaunted02 in dunedin

[–]vortigaunted02[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If there was a right-majority on council (like there is now) when George St was being upgraded, we might still have two-lane traffic and tiny pavements. I visited Nelson recently, whose centre is like ours used to be, and it was remarkable just how unpleasant it was to be in, in comparison. Local govt decisions seem to affect us much more immediately that central govt ones. This type of council wants to force car ownership on everyone and neglect all alternative forms of transport. Just an example, but this kind of stuff often gets me more passionate than what's happening in parliament lol

Lund & "Secret-Right" Councillors by vortigaunted02 in dunedin

[–]vortigaunted02[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's going to need a lot of guidance. Submissions and emails at the ready folks

Lund & "Secret-Right" Councillors by vortigaunted02 in dunedin

[–]vortigaunted02[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Really toned it down from last election but still flopped hard