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New Zealand turns to the right | The populist National-led government is undoing many of Jacinda Ardern’s progressive initiatives, including environmental protections. (wapo.st)
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It is reversing a ban on oil and gas drilling, and is proposing a “fast-track” for big projects, including mines, that bypasses environmental checks. It has cut climate programs and jobs, scrapped electric vehicle subsidies, abandoned plans for one of the world’s largest marine sanctuaries and set aside a world-leading cow “burp” tax as it questions the science on methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

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[-] kowcop@aussie.zone 23 points 4 months ago

This is just normal left / right politics.. every country has it. One side builds and people get bored and new media love to stir shit, then other side comes in and sells / destroys / winds back.. people get up on arms and vote the other ones back in and the cycle continues

[-] tankplanker@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago

There usually has to be a lever for the far right to use, usually rampant economic inequality. Ardern never really addressed the fucked up housing market in NZ, which was the perfect tax free investment vehicle for those with money. Deny people the right to get their own place and move on with adulthood and you have a pretty big lever that the far right can use to fenagle their corporate sponsored anti environment bullshit with a dash of fascism into power.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 18 points 4 months ago

This seems to be the story in many countries right now, unfortunately, and fascism has been on the rise globally for years.

[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

Almost as if certain governments and malefactors of great wealth were coordinating in promoting it.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago

"Both sides," says one side.

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