Tom Hunter

1 month ago | nominister.wordpress.com | Tom Hunter |Andrew Sullivan

I’m not a paid subscriber to David Farrar’s private, paywalled website Patreon where he provides political and polling analysis more detailed than on Kiwiblog, so I’m having to somewhat guess what his ideas are from Kiwiblog regulars who have read his Patreon piece, How New Zealand Should Respond To The Trade Wars.

2 months ago | nominister.wordpress.com | Tom Hunter |Margot Cleveland

We ignore laws. It’s what America does. With this in mind, our government has moved past censorship to the larger project of changing the American personality. They want a more obedient, timorous, fearful citizen. Their tool is the internet, a vast machine for doling out reward and punishment through likes and views, shaming or deamplification.