Overton Windows
Is Trump smashing Overton Windows, in his attack on general world order, including proposing to take over Greenland? And what is an Overton Window?
Tag: politics
Politics and Corruption
This week it was revealed John Key got to buy a $2 million dollar section in Gibbston Valley Resort for $400,000 to help with marketing. How long a stretch is it from ex-politicians influencing marketing to influencing political decisions? It may not be very far at all.
Waiting for Winston
NZ is waiting to get a new government. Winston Peters, stalwart politician since 1979, is influencing the outcome and I’m having to like him more than I thought I did.
Who are us?
Jacinda Ardern’s quote, “They are us”, was spoken in the aftermath of the Christchurch mosque attacks and resonated around the world. In contrast, Trump was been selected as the most divisive US president ever in 2017 – he prefers ’them’ to ’us’. I know which country I would rather live in.
Politics & people
Is there a ‘right’ political system? Democracy is seen as such but it has its own flaws. Our local democratically elected candidate just fell on his sword because he sent the media a list of people with COVID-19 provided by his party chair person. Few ‘right’ politicians, either.