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<\/figure>“It is a curious irony that the West’s leading progressive icon is probably the most authoritarian leader in the free world today.” <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I quote, “It is a curious irony that the West’s leading progressive icon<\/strong> is probably the most authoritarian leader <\/strong>in the free world today. Since sweeping to power in 2017, the New Zealand prime minister has been repeatedly lauded by the London intelligentsia as the ideal model of a liberal, centrist premier. This is despite the blessed Jacinda<\/strong>‘s stock response to every public policy crisis being to restrict <\/strong>or ban <\/strong>the offending phenomena in question. After Christchurch it was guns<\/strong>; for Covid it was lockdowns<\/strong>, with bans <\/strong>on the unvaccinated<\/strong>. Now Ardern has stumbled onto the solution to smoking: why not simply ban cigarettes<\/strong>?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was watching a Smithsonian Channel episode on Adolf Hitler<\/strong> the other day. Wow, I mean what an incredible man. Adored by the ordinary people, he almost single-handedly turned the defeat of the First World War and the economic crisis of the 20’s into a glorious victory for the German people. Fantastic new motor vehicles, a futuristic motorway system, railway expansion and new aircraft. An economic revival like no other in history some might argue. The restoration of national pride to a defeated people. What a great man? Er, wait, hold it just there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n All that glistens is not gold!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hopefully I had you going there for a moment. But I trust my point is made. All that glistens is not necessarily gold. Leadership is a very tricky thing. On the face of it the governments of the world have all acted in the best interests of their people to protect them from a horror of global proportions. But at what cost?<\/p>\n\n\n\n How many freedoms are we prepared to forego in the name of the greater good<\/em>? How much economic pain? How many deaths from undiagnosed and untreated illnesses?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Politicians have had centuries to perfect the technique of making black look, well if not exactly white, then at least light grey! We are often told that we are given “informed choices<\/em>“. That was certainly said of the vaccines. But in reality the information amounted to no more than “trust me, I’m a scientist<\/em>“. I honestly still have no idea what these “vaccines” are, how they work, why we keep having to have more. Trust is a lovely dangerous thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the 1930’s the German people saw the good stuff<\/strong> that was going on, were kept in the dark as to more unpleasant agendas and were reluctant to go against the shiney new culture<\/strong> than was bringing such great results. Socialism <\/strong>is good, right? And what is wrong with a bit of National <\/strong>pride? Don’t rock the boat and we can create a brave new world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trust is a lovely dangerous thing <\/p>\n\n\n\n How easily it seems we have begun the slide towards totalitarianism. Oh of course it is packaged as being for our good, or at least the greater good. The latest example is “Saint Jacinda\u2019s war on fags“ “It is a curious irony that the West’s leading progressive icon is probably the most authoritarian leader in the free … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcolminthemiddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/12\/trump-2.jpg\")
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