"The thing that was horrifying about listening to my colleagues reporting on the state of things in their countries — or, rather, the thing that should be horrifying but is becoming a mundane fact of life — is that more or less the same totalitarian program is being rolled out in countries throughout the world.
The censorship.
The official propaganda.
The criminalization of dissent.
The pathologization of dissent.
The manipulation of our perception of reality.
The coordinated transformation of the world into a smiley-faced neo-Orwellian police state in which politics no longer matters because society has been divided into two basic classes, i.e., “the normals,” who are prepared to mindlessly fo…
I gave up watching TV1 4 years ago but have been watching it for the past few weeks to see where they are at. The first half hour tonight, Tues, was all Maori with a couple of minutes Tongan overstayers. but it was Chippy's trip to China which opened my eyes. I wonder how many saw it. He was at WEF meeting!!! Certainly a wolf in sheeps clothing. No mention of the meeting before hand. I wonder if the cameras there were an embarrassment. So if Labour are re-elected then we have more of the Ardern stuff. What a nightmare.
Great cartoon, Garrick. This aptly demonstrates how we are a cork on the ocean of world politics. The Maori Party has Chippy on a string, so I don't think The Chinese Communist Party is going to have too much trouble with him.
another brilliant one, garrick!
but hey! chippy must have paid some attention at school as he does know about roman numerals ......... 🤣
C.J Hopkins , writing at ZH, summarises thus :
"The thing that was horrifying about listening to my colleagues reporting on the state of things in their countries — or, rather, the thing that should be horrifying but is becoming a mundane fact of life — is that more or less the same totalitarian program is being rolled out in countries throughout the world.
The censorship.
The official propaganda.
The criminalization of dissent.
The pathologization of dissent.
The manipulation of our perception of reality.
The coordinated transformation of the world into a smiley-faced neo-Orwellian police state in which politics no longer matters because society has been divided into two basic classes, i.e., “the normals,” who are prepared to mindlessly fo…
I gave up watching TV1 4 years ago but have been watching it for the past few weeks to see where they are at. The first half hour tonight, Tues, was all Maori with a couple of minutes Tongan overstayers. but it was Chippy's trip to China which opened my eyes. I wonder how many saw it. He was at WEF meeting!!! Certainly a wolf in sheeps clothing. No mention of the meeting before hand. I wonder if the cameras there were an embarrassment. So if Labour are re-elected then we have more of the Ardern stuff. What a nightmare.
Hear Hear . Not remotely realistic. very simplistic
Great cartoon, Garrick. This aptly demonstrates how we are a cork on the ocean of world politics. The Maori Party has Chippy on a string, so I don't think The Chinese Communist Party is going to have too much trouble with him.