Here’s a couple – add your own in comments
Chris Trotter:
There was a time in this country’s history when citizens asking questions of public servants was an entirely unremarkable exercise of their civil rights. A time when, far from causing fear and alarm, the practice of holding bureaucrats to account was regarded as a pivotal feature of a properly functioning democracy.
Bernard Hickey:
Labour has proposed making financial capability education compulsory and National has said it would do the same. The danger is both see this as a ‘solution’ to the cash shortages of the 100,000 poorest families, who can’t afford rent and food, let alone other things bought with debt. It plays into the ‘blame the victim’ card.
I’d much prefer the compulsion be applied to training kids to drive and vote before they leave school.
Imagine an elephant in a room with a tag on it that says
‘Capital Accumulation’
How do we get that elephant out of the room?
It turns out that the elephant is made up of people who simply detach themselves from the elephant-like structure, walk out the door, and starting talking about what to do next.
If I was an artist I would draw a picture…