Going on **initial impressions only...and admittedly no long-term expert upon the inner machinations of National Party politics, NZ Inc...
let me say the following: much of NZ life-society-politics - in my observation, anyhow (and as per ye standard media script/narrative) - is based upon, and indeed buried beneath, both these days and long hence - a false foundation and veritable smokescreen and even avalanche of pious - yet pretentious as - calls/appeals for/protestations around 'UNITY'...whatever the cost (or context) involved.
Whatever the particular accusations/allegations levelled - however serious and sobering.
No matter. 'Unity' is the all-embracing catchphrase adopted and rallying cry employed - seemingly to deal with and to the cognitive dissonance 'created' whenever the well-established pillars and posts of normalcy and status quo politics are inconveniently questioned and challenged. We simply can't handle it - it just doesn't fit our well-established concept of how things are supposed to work. It's an uncomfortable 'disturbing element' which we simply must get rid of - as I say, at whatever price.
Yes, unity is the one, all-important panacea to all our problems, issues and concerns - however legitimate and well-founded; don't worry about any (admittedly thus far, only alleged) illegalities - immoralities - 'improprieties'...involved; hey, that's utterly besides the point, isn't it?
No, sorry to disillusion ya, folks, it's everything! Honesty and integrity are still as up-to-date as ever, however supposedly old-fashioned and out of vogue these days...and apparently irrelevant.
And the establishment wonder why people - not only in God's Own but throughout the Western world generally - are so dissatisfied, even disgusted with politics and politicians these days? Look no further, folks!
*Acknowledgement (vis-a-vis my title) to a half-hourly Newstalk ZB headline news update (1.30 p.m., today) concerning a completely unrelated matter entirely: Nicky Hager's opportune depiction of a recent NZ Defence Forces' ?review/investigation? into its involvement in the Middle East (over recent years, in a (technically) non-military capacity), summarizing it as "burying bad news rather than confronting serious accusations against them".
**Unless Jami-Lee Ross is just another congenital/perennial malcontent and is 'simply making it up' (as he goes, presumably)...which to me, anyway, seems highly unlikely, improbable and even implausible. Hey, how come the default credibility/'sympathy' setting is ever and always with the (political) leader?
(Newstalk ZB) talkback host ?Tim Beveridge? asks (1.30 p.m.ish today): "How is Jami-Lee Ross gonna survive this (unprecedented act of defiance) [politically]?"
Surely we're asking the wrong questions, folks...I'd ever so respectfully suggest that the shoe this time is well and truly upon the other foot...i.e. Simon Bridges'...and with knobs on, to boot. Whatever the media commentariat might well say to the complete contrary.
No comments:
Post a Comment