why is Heaven run under capitalism?
Money is much older than capitalism. David Graeber's book debt has a pretty good history of both.
doing this now makes me feel like I’m a “phoney” (as if I’m a “pretender to Chinese Culture”
This reminds me of David Chapman's comments on how once you can question traditions, as you're doing here, you're no longer able to relate to meaning in a traditional way;
https://meaningness.com/fundamentalism-countercultural-modernism
I don't see an explicit mention of solar. The only bit that mentions renewables says;
"Other options, including renewable projects, were considered but not advanced due to a range of factors such as expected time to construct, feasibility of generating power reliably on the required scale, and effects on electricity market incentives."
Would be nice to see some details of these comparisons, and exactly what they mean by "effects on electricity market incentives". That sounds like a great place to hide a bunch of shady, short-termist reasoning ...
Given past evidence, voting Opportunity is like voting Greens, but without getting anyone into Parliament. Also, in 2023 their leader Raf Manji tried to get an Epsom style deal from CLuxon on the condition Opportunity would join the current coalition. Is this really your best bet for voting out the CoC?
Buy NZ Made is a good resource;
https://www.buynz.org.nz/
+1 for Cactus Clothing. It's expensive but they guarantee it for a lifetime and handle repairs.
Some companies I haven't seen mentioned yet;
Mussel Inn micro-brewery, not sure if their brews are available retail but they're great!
https://www.musselinn.co.nz/Brewery/brewery.html
https://www.musselinn.co.nz/Brewery/brewery.html
Ocho chocolate factory in Ōtepoti;
https://ocho.co.nz/
Baker Boys biscuits, based in Ōtautahi;
https://www.bakerboys.co.nz/
Last Footwear Company, reputed to be the Cactus of shoes. Can't find a homepage but they're on FarceBook.
Haka Clothing is a maybe;
https://www.hakaclothing.com/about-us
They say it's designed and hand-printed in Aotearoa, but they don't specificy where it's made. But someone gave me a Haka hat as a present and it lasted about 15 years in heavy use, so ...
Didn't MacPac outsource their production to China years ago?
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So ... no. TOP, like Winston First, or United Future, or Māori Party 2005-2017, will prop up any government that allows them to sit under the table and get thrown the odd bone. That hasn't changed. Good to know.
The Greens are willing to work with both sides too, where there is policy alignment, and have done, even in the current term. For example, Chloe's work with Matt Doocey on the Mental Health and Addiction Wellbeing cross-party group, which has led to significant changes to the availability of ADHD diagnosis and medication, and free up scarce psychiatrist time for other work.
The Greens would consider forming a government with National if they weren't pushing obviously ecocidal policy on every front, for example, making plans to can the Ministry for the Environment. If it was Labour pushing that policy, and National opposed it, do you really think the Greens would go into coalition with Labour out of some kind of tribal allegiance? Whereas TOP were and are willing to work with a National party that is profoundly opposed to their entire policy framework, to 'get a seat at the table'.