What is up with Māori these days they wanna whine about everything
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The face that launched a thousand Slave Culture plaudits. This is Tina Ngata, aka NonPlasticMaori, from the Twitter division of ‘Dept of Internal(ised Racism) Affairs’. She’s heavily invested in two temporary Social Justice Warrior cultural waves of the moment: Banning plastic packaging and winging about everything being racist. Specifically, as you can see on her Facebook, […]
Read more..January 18, 2019
Peterson Derangement Syndrome
By VJM
Many words have been written about Trump Derangement Syndrome, and Obama Derangement Syndrome, and Bush Derangement Syndrome. This refers to the ability to cause people, who are otherwise reasonable, to go insane at the mere mention of your name. It’s rare for anyone who is not an American President to achieve this power level, but recently […]
Read more..January 17, 2019
1973: Early Seventies ‘Oil Shock’ Hemlines
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The length of clothing covering a modern Western woman’s legs acts as an economic barometer. As hemlines rise and fall, so does the perceived economic condition of the country according to women. For example, short skirts appear at times of high national production and long skirts during periods of austerity and recession. Ref. Desmond Morris. […]
Read more..January 17, 2019
1907: Smartphone Zombies Predicted
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Punch, in 1907, correctly anticipates the social impact of access to mobile phones. This is exactly what so many of us do- we meet up in person with friends then spend our time communicating instead with persons not present. The author is perhaps also presciently observing the impact on men and women meeting each other, […]
Read more..January 16, 2019
1840: Who Was Our First Governor? The Answer May Startle You…
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history: Sovereignty over New Zealand passes to New South Wales. For the first time in history, these islands were united under a single ruler; Our Governor was Major Sir George Gipps as of 14 January, 1840. New Zealand Annexed by New South Wales A proclamation by Gipps extended the boundaries of New South Wales […]
Read more..January 15, 2019
The Satanism to Luciferianism Pipeline
By VJM
Some attention has been given recently to the “Libertarianism to Fascism pipeline”. This concept has it that adopting libertarianism causes many people to eventually adopt fascism. As this essay will examine, a similar pipeline exists from Satanism to Luciferianism, and for similar reasons. The basic theory goes like this: libertarianism attracts people who are already […]
Read more..January 15, 2019
1915: Rudyard Kipling vs New Zealand Government
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history: 14 January, Macmillan and Co. (publishers,) representing British literary giant Rudyard Kipling put the hard word on the New Zealand Government for ripping the author off! Kipling was The great exponent of British Empire Dignity Culture. He literally wrote the book (poem) on the White Man’s burden. His Jungle Book formed a template used […]
Read more..January 14, 2019
1865: Chch Public Smash and Burn Toll Road
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 12 January, 1865, The Avon Roads Board has had erected a toll-gate on Papanui Rd/Carlton Mill Corner. A Roads Board, if you hadn’t heard, was essentially The State slapping a title on communities coming together to form and maintain their own roads. Until 1863 the Canterbury Provincial Council (CPC) had tried to monopolise […]
Read more..January 13, 2019
1957: Happy Families
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Baby Boomer kids at play: Happy Families. My premise is that a child’s play is preparation for life. These card sets, c.1957, show that the life New Zealand children (girls in particular) wanted to prepare for was the assembly of a nuclear family. Father, mother, master, and miss. Wholesome Patriarchy It is also an ethnically […]
Read more..January 13, 2019
The Two Fundamental Political Questions
By VJM
There are a myriad of political questions under discussion, and every day that goes by there are more. All of these questions have contributed to a state of confusion. This essay seeks to cut through it, by arguing that all of those questions fundamentally boil down to two interdependent ones: Who and How Much? Politics […]
Read more..January 11, 2019
Demographer Dan McGlashan Explains This Week’s Horizon Research Cannabis Poll
By VJM
My name is Dan McGlashan, and I am the author of Understanding New Zealand, a demographic study of the Kiwi people. In this article, I will explain the results of the recent cannabis law reform poll by Horizon Research, which broke down support for the upcoming cannabis referendum by party affiliation and age. 60% of […]
Read more..January 11, 2019
1896: Reeves Resigns
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 10 January, 1896: Christchurch Liberal Party MP William Pember Reeves handed in his resignation. Reeves (1857-1932) was the Socialist Professor Frink (ref. The Simpsons) of his day. That is, a geeky Simpsons cartoon champagne socialist. In his case the eccentric technology that doesn’t work right was his economics and social planning. The part through […]
Read more..January 10, 2019
