I’m wanting to see more well-rounded policy that can be supported by the major parties regardless of ‘who floated it’, hoping for better enduring government rather than this ‘rip and replace’ bullshit.

Obviously with the right wong think tanks invading, this is nothing more than a thought exercise, but i reckon its worth exploring.

My heretical angle is significantly reducing thenterms that parties have in power - not extending to 4 years but instead reducing to 1 or 18 months. The thinking being: If you cant get anything done because the only work one is interested in doing is ideological nonsense that caters to a narrow part of society maybe it shouldn’t get off the ground in the first place?

  • BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz
    6·
    7 days ago

    There is an old saying “if you want to paint the perfect picture, make yourself perfect and paint naturally”.

    We aren’t going to achieve any of your goals until and unless we decide to become a cohesive society with common goals. Unfortunately that’s never going to happen. Right wing forces deployed all over the world are also here fanning the flames of racism, sexism, and bigotry while amplifying every wedge issue then can find so that they can dismantle the state and privatise everything they can into the hands of the oligarchs.

    The only way to fight this is by education and solidarity and unions.

    That’s just a pipe dream though. New Zealand can’t even agree that our tax dollars should be spent on feeding our kids in schools and making us healthy when we are sick and injured and helping us out when we lose our jobs.

    • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      We could do something, like banning algorithmic social media. I don’t think banning the platforms would fly, but getting rid of the echo chambers and filter bubbles, this would go a long way to reducing the polarization in society.

      Ban money in politics, only individual people can donate, capped at $500 per year. No political adverts from non-political parties. All donations to be on the public record.

      • BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz
        1·
        6 days ago

        I don’t think you can do either though. You have no control over what facebook or xitter does. Also you could ban donations but you can’t ban independent expenditures or promises of high paying jobs after the stint is over.

        • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
          2·
          6 days ago

          We could do what other countries do, and have a stand down time after leaving parliament before allowing ex-ministers to go into the lobbying sector. Even the US does this…no idea why we don’t.

          We absolutely can require that FB/twitter et al, either vacate the country or comply with out laws.