Political Climate in NZ?
When reading the NZ papers online, we get the impression that NZ is a bit more politically balanced & sensible, and the people more politically savvy than in the US. I suppose some of this is because the NZ population is so small that politics has a more local feel. Is this generally true, or are we full of hooey? The political climate in the US is one reason we want to leave, but don?t want to make the jump if NZ is poised to become a neocon nation of zombie voters. Do the political parties try to reach compromises, or do they work to destroy the others? Do the people really think about the issues and vote accordingly, or do they let their favorite authority figure tell them what to think? I realize that there is a wide array of political leanings and opinions in NZ, but are they generally well-considered opinions?
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If men had wings and bore black feathers, few of them would be clever enough to be crows.
- Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, mid-1800s
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