Post by @strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz

"Some on the Left are pissy with the woke identity politics of the Greens, but the reality is they are turning up at this election with the best policies for EVERYONE. They are actually looking at solutions and the Greens on their wokest day is preferable to racist cookers any month of the year."

#BomberBradbury, 2026

https://thedailyblog.co.nz/latest-polling-shows-labour-green-tpm-top-government/

On a few points I think TOP policy is more radical (eg UBI), but otherwise, no disagreements here.

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Strypey

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz 2 hr. ago

Also anyone still having a whinge about Green identitarians isn't paying attention. Yes, the People's Front of Judea are still out there, slaughtering strawmen, and treating politics as a if it's like The Hunger Games or the Highlander ("there can be only one!"). But they haven't had a significant role in Green strategy since Swarbrick became co-leader. The way this campaign is being run has made that very clear.

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Strypey

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz 2 hr. ago

There are a few people so addicted to the visceral thrill of The Lottery that we'll never get them back. As with the pseudo-Marxist cult groups, they'll never stop forming circular firing squads, and they're best avoided.

But more and more activists are realizing that fighting the Culture Wars - on any side - only helps to undermine the respect for difference a healthy democracy relies on. We can support human rights for everyone much more effectively by not buying into them.

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