Of course. You are mad if you don’t.
Yes he Helped President Trump win the US election by allowing X to be a Free speech platform and that is truly a great thing and a big deal even still it *always pays to approach power with healthy skepticism.
Most of his wealth comes via Government contracts and subsidies… ie from Taxes and Gov debt.
So his pockets are filled with Tax Loot.
All his tech systems… his rockets and his satellites can be used by Big brother’s Evil all seeing Eye.
He’s involved in creating AI which he says himself could be an existential treat to humanity.
He’s busy building a Tech Empire to rival the WEF and every other Tech Lord…. Bill Gates… Bezos… Soros, etc.
He did not buy Twitter to ‘save free speech’ he bought it as an important piece in his Tech empire… A global network to which all humanity can be assimilated.
It just so happens The best strategy to achieve all this and defeat his competitors is to get on side with the Freedom movement.
I do believe he’s Better that most of the other *super Evil* Power mad freaks out there but when you look at what he’s up to you would be mad not to realise he’s on his way to world domination of his own design.
On the plus side he’s probably not into Mass genocide and culling the human race… he probably sees us as customers… you need consumers and customers and plebs to rule over and to be ‘worshipped’…???
who the heck knows… thats probably taking things way too far.
One thing is certain.
Power Corrupts and Absolute Power corrupts Absolutely. Lord Acton.
Regarding the ‘Meme’ above….
The Full truth is * any form of government that has absolute power is a danger to individual rights and in this truth Absolute democracy is just as dangerous as absolute monarchy. America was founded as a constitutional Republic… with *limited democracy*.
That means that the will of the Majority cannot overrule or trample underfoot the rights of Individuals because they are (at least in theory and in Law) Constitutionally protected. The only problem is Politicians and Demagogues despise limits to their powers so like snake oil salesmen they trick the people into allowing tiny violations of the constitution… maybe the politician decide to oppress an unpopular minority of weirdos nobody cares about… and instead of the people protesting and telling the government to respect the law… they slumber… because the transgression does not affect them… only those weirdos they don’t like.
They forget that the price of liberty is *eternal vigilance*… ie the people can never stop watching what the government is doing and always stand up whenever the political powers overstep the line… because *Everyone’s rights are in jeopardy* whenever there is a politician in power who seeks to make unjust laws… even if it appears the unjust laws are only oppressing weirdos the majority does not give a damn about. For Tyranny creeps like rust and so does apathy… and a people who forget what Rights and liberties are and what the just limits of Government Authority is… are ripe for enslavement.
This is where most Western democracies are today.
America almost fell under the Democrats. It was a near thing… and you are still not out of the woods yet.
Tim Wikirwihi.
Christian Libertarian.
Christian X user asks the question… “Should Porn be allowed on this platform?”
Public nudity in a free and civil society has always been a contentious issue. Even the discussion of Sex is contentious.
As a Libertarian Christian I have defended the rights of Sex workers, and Public parades such as ‘Boobs on Bikes’ from Oppressive Councils and laws that were under pressure to prohibit these things largely from Christian activist lobby groups.
Some people will wonder how as a Christian I might take such a position? I take that position because I believe in a separation of church and state, and I do not like Christianity and the bible being used as a bludgeon to persecute sinners and infidels. I believe that to be absolutely Unchristian, and also a corruption of the Law… and a violation of individual rights.
Many anti-freedom people think that by taking the side of prostitutes that I am endorsing prostitution, yet that is false. I do not want anyone (man or woman) to prostitute themselves, yet that does not mean I therefore should support laws against them.
I believe In liberty.. as a Libertarian Christian we have far more hope of saving people from prostitution if we show love for them rather than hateful oppression. Christians can still work to reduce prostitution via the gospel… which is the true Christian way to battle sin and improve the world…. all under freedom.
Now I said all this here to give context to the question raised above. Porn in Western society may be construed as being anything from showing a nipple… to full on Sex. I personally am not bothered by the former being allowed in public yet would be very bothered by the latter… so even Libertarian Tim thinks there must be a line drawn *somewhere*.
Myself… applying the principle of Equality before the law when supporting ‘Boobs parades in Hamilton’ was that if men are allowed to walk topless down the street so too should woman be lawfully allowed to. Instead of allowing woman to do so, we could instead simply create a new prohibition against men having bare chests…. yet is this the best direction for society… less freedom… more laws/rules/punishments? It’s obvious to me thats the wrong direction to take society… that leads to what is happening in the Islamic world with Burkas and Beard police.
The truth is Christians need to be tolerant of others who do not share *all* the same values and sentiments we do… yet who are still peaceful and civil. Ie seeing a boob on the street you may find offensive (I don’t) but is certainly does not violate any of your rights!
If we were to apply that to social media platforms and boobs were allowed… then anyone offended by it could scroll past that post… and even block the sender of the post…. thereby *self policing* their own content without imposing their views on others. And this is how a free and civil society really works. Tolerance… and Individuals taking responsibility for their own moral standards rather than expecting the government to act like the Taliban.
X could set up an ‘R18’ tab (maybe they already do) and users could click that tab to prevent any R18 content appearing in their feed. They probably already do this… I’m not sure. I’m fairly certain most x users don’t want explicit porn turning up in their feed, yet I’m sure the odd boob pick from a chick on the back of a motor cycle does not bother too many people????
Ultimately such questions are for the Platforms themselves to figure out… yet if they get it wrong It would impact on their User satisfaction and cause people to leave. Lets say X allowed nudity yet not explicit sex acts… at first some millions who cant handle the sight of a boob to leave. That would be an expected cost. yet eventually those numbers would recover and users would just take such stuff in their stride like adults. And personally speaking I think that is progress… an escape from the petty legalistic prudish attitudes that still support Legal oppression under the guise of Christian virtue.
If nudity was allowed on X that would not mean Christians could no longer maintain their own virtues. They might face more ‘temptation’… yet it would be up to them to overcome that as all Christian ought. Ironically It’s the more Pious types that have the most problem when confronted with a boob! Everyone else just laughs… or scrolls past.
Te Pati Maori Radicals are a different breed of politician that only succeeds because of the apartheid electoral system which allows them to have no concerns about what the general public think about them. They don’t have to appeal to the general public to get elected. They only have to pander to the interests of a select section of the whole population and they gear their antics to that mindset… they are actors and performance artists… ‘let me sing you the song of my people’… type stuff.
The one thing these radicals fear *is a general referendum* because then… unlike the elections… there fate will be determined by *the general population* whom they have spent their careers slandering and poking their Tongues and Fingers at.
Binding referendums are a dangerous tool upon which there needs to be clear limits, yet *When a truly democratic process is allowed to take place… Their Politics is doomed*.
The only reason a referendum is called for on this issue is because Parliament is too feeble to make a sound judgement for the well being of the General public. The Law to rid New Zealand of every racist institution would never pass via parliament yet it is guaranteed to pass by popular referendum… which shows just how *non-representative* parliaments are when they are filled with unprincipled woke socialist Boneheads and cowards.
On this issue Seymour stands head and shoulders above the rest because his bill is founded upon Just and reasonable principles.
Not a single cogent nuanced argument has been leveled against his bill. (I can think of several arguments myself that would work far better than anything opposition MP have tabled)… and look at how pathetic Luxons rationale is as to why he is instructing National to oppose the bill!
Its yet another example of the shame and cowardice of the entire National party Caucus. If I was a National party MP I would lead a challenge against Luxon for this and I would refuse to reject the bill.
As for the haka…
There are already rules for behavior in the house. They just need to be enforced.
One thing is certain… The antics of Te Pati Maori in parliament have hurt the mana of the Haka in the eyes of the international community.
They are getting sick of it… they don’t appreciate it… and there is no valid reason why they should.
The Haka has been abused and this is sad.
I believe the haka has great value for New Zealanders when it is used at appropriate times… Less is more…. more is less. ‘More’ devalues it.
What the Maori Party did in parliament was blatant abuse.
Two Maori were contending in the house for their side of the debate. One behaved with Civility and made reasonable arguments. The other had no arguments but instead broke out into a frenzy and created a spectacle.
IMO one Maori (David Seymour) represents a modern day Maori of Mana and enlightenment… a man of Reason.
The other Maori (Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke) represents a delusion. A regressive caricature … trapped in the past… of a savage Age in which War and violence were how disputes were settled rather than via Reason and the rule of law.
So of these two Maori… which exemplifies a role model we would want today’s young Maori to emulate and aspire to be like?
The Savage or the Statesman?
When asked why she had broken out in the haka Hana said “that is all I know… to be Maori”.
That speaks a thousand words as to why she is unfit to be in parliament!
‘That is all she knows’…. and *That* is what she thinks *being Maori entails!* She’s absolutely delusional!
She has no vision for Maori to progress out of the trap of Maori radicalism by which Maori are expected to see themselves as noisy irrational savages locked in perpetual tribal warfare.
*Her only skill set is performance art*
*Her only politics is the politics of Race, victimism, and graft*
No wonder most Maori don’t vote Te Pati Maori.
FSANZ (Food Standards Australia and New Zealand) is proposing to end any requirement for labelling certain foods which have been genetically modified.
In brief, foods that they judge through various technical criteria are âsubstantially equivalentâ to natural foods will no longer be labelled as such or even referred to as âgenetically modifiedâ.
“In essence, the regulations will be accommodating the commercial biotechnology food sector ensuring that they will no longer be required to label many gene modified foods. In other words, the public will be left in the dark about the GM origin of a wide range of foods and thereby denied their right of choice.”
My commentary (reply)
@actparty
I’m a Libertarian. Understand this… *We the people* of New Zealand have the right to demand any product containing GM organisms be clearly labeled.
That does not violate Free trade. It protects against subversion and trickery.
The big question is why *certain interests* would want to hide such a declaration?
It’s obvious who those interests are…. *The Mega corporations* … and why do they want license to operate in the dark?
Because they know *Consumers* don’t want GM Products! Ie Consumers will not willingly prefer GM food over Natural food if they can tell the difference!
So this is about deceiving the consumers… for the sake of Mega corporations and their Patented GM Crap!
Furthermore… *on the basis of property rights* We New Zealanders do not consent to GM Crops being grown here in NZ *because You cannot guarantee the GM organisms will not escape into the wider environment…. contaminating the property and crops of others who do not want GM organisms on their farms or in their food!
Therefore it is upon Libertarian first principles that I demand the Government Prohibit all GM organisms unless they are grown under such conditions that guarantees they will not contaminate the property or crops of others.
The Big corporations want the people to sacrifice their rights just so they can make a fortune without bearing full responsibility for the risks their activities cause to others.
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Politicians are too easily corrupted by Corporations.
Too often Politicians are one track minded… easily duped by pseudoscience… and willing to trample on the rights of the little people for what they perceive as economic gain.
All too often Politicians serve the Profiteering interests of Corporations over the rights of the people whom they are elected to serve.
One of the most blatant forms this has been taking in recent times is attempts by governments to prevent people growing their own food at home.
By attacking Home grown food this threatens the Store of Seeds held by the general public and their ability to feed themselves in hard times.
It causes them to become dependent upon Big Food.
Patented GM products has almost nothing to do with the betterment of humanity and everything to do with *Ownership of verities of food crops for profit*
Property rights is the strongest defense against such a scheme as unless corrupt politicians allow corporations to spread their mutant strains without proper safeguards… It would cut into the profitability of such crops if they had to be grow under stringent conditions that prevented escape into the wider environment.
Here’s the thing… Mr. Big Food… If you can grow your crap without affecting the property of others and their GM Free Crops… and if you clearly label your products… full disclosure and are able to get them to market and sell them … ie you have a customer base… All will be well and good, yet if your operation threatens neighboring farmers and you must hide the fact your produce has GMs to sell it at the market…. then you can go fly a kite!
The viability of your GM Crops must factor in the rights of others *who were here first*.
I’ve had a guts full of constant encroachments upon self-reliance and healthy foods.
Monsanto and other Mega corporations can Bugger off as far as I’m concerned.
We esp don’t want Bill Gates fake Meats!
New Zealanders don’t need their crap.
We can grow Clean Natural foods.
That’s what New Zealanders want for our kids, and by keeping our produce 100% GMO Free we can supply the global market for others who want the same for themselves and their kids.
Big Food needs to grasp the fact that Junk Food is no longer wanted.
The world wants God’s Natural goodness.
This is why corporations don’t want to declare their GM produce.
We can not allow them to hide their crap in our food.
Propaganda would say that the desire to have clean natural food is a ‘Luddite’ anti-science mentality.
Satan laughing spreads his wings…
How is it possible that someone as ridiculous as Kamala Harris is the Democratic Party Nomination for President???
It’s like they want to loose!!!
Either that or they are 1000% going to steal the election… and so they are not worried by the fact that she is a buffoon!
I mean they managed to install the other senile idiot Biden in office even though Trump attained record votes… and they managed to make it virtually a crime to question the results of the 2020 Elections!
It Beggared Belief that Biden was Pres… yet Harris is one of the few people in the USA who is even less competent for the Job than Sleepy Joe.
This Blog post has no other function that to express just how incredulous it is that the world awaits this US Election… and the possibility that this complete and utter MORON Kamala Harris could become Leader of the most powerful ‘Country’ on Earth.
I had to write this Blog post to capture the insanity of the hour…
This is a moment of Insanity in World history.
Even if she does not win… even if Trump manages such a massive landslide victory… too big to rig… the fact that Biden and Harris could make it to the pinnacle of the Political Ladder shows us something is seriously broken with the US System of democracy… and that something is the absolute Rotten-ness of the Democratic Party.
They have made an absolute mockery of The United States.
George Soros, The Dems, and the WEF are going to steal the US elections for Kamala Harris.
Of this we can be 99.9% certain.
They will go about it in a far more sophisticated way so as to make it look like Harris Beat Trump fair and square.
Why should we expect anything different from 2020?
I hope with all my heart a miracle happens and somehow Trump is not defrauded for the second time yet I just don’t see the Satanic Globalists allowing the American people to put him back in office. The Big Steal is already in full swing…
From X…. “BREAKING: Lancaster, Pennsylvania officials have BUSTED a large-scale fraudulent voter registration scheme that includes thousands of applications with the same handwriting, fake signatures, false addresses, etc….”
They discovered the same scheme in other Pennsylvania counties.
BREAKING: Lancaster, Pennsylvania officials have BUSTED a large-scale fraudulent voter registration scheme that includes thousands of applications with the same handwriting, fake signatures, false addresses, etc
The possibility of assassination is extremely high… it’s almost certain they will try again.
May The Lord protect Donald Trump and may his grace and longsuffering continue upon this Earth for yet another generation. By God’s grace we will defeat the WEF attempting to set up the Satanic Kingdom of the Antichrist.
The Devil worshipping Globalist pedophiles and Traitors trying to destroy Western prosperity and civilisation can all go to hell!
Not on our watch you demons!!!!
Wrong Bet!
We are not deceived!
We know the truth and will defend it!
Give me Liberty… or Death!
In the Spirit of the founding fathers of America we defy those who would enslave our world and our children!
All Free Peoples in every nation are united in the principles of Independence, National sovereignty, Limited democratic government, Free Speech, Equality before the Law, Religious liberty, The Rights of Individuals, Individual bodily autonomy, Private property, Free Enterprise, voluntary Social responsibility, Freedom, Live and let live.
By God’s Grace we appeal unto heaven.
Let that 0.1% of hope be realised.
The voting public so easily forget and slip into apathy… They are so easily gaslighted. These are some of the most exploited truths by corrupt demagogues.
This is why Kamala Harris can run for President claiming to having been a tough advocate of border control when the truth is herself and Biden are responsible for the mass invasion of the US by systematic illegal immigration funded by George Soros.
It’s also why Harris and Walz are posing in the run up to the election as ‘Gun enthusiasts’ when we know their full intention is to overthrow the 2nd amendment.
In New Zealand Winston Peters was able to dupe thousands of Freedom voters into voting for him despite the fact that he was the man responsible for putting Ardern in power!
That is how easily he was able to subvert people from voting for the true Freedom Movement.
Wake TF up people!
Snap out of your 5 minute attention span!
Grow a pair and be prepared to suffer a bit for the sake of your so-called values.
As Tom Paine said in ‘The Crisis’…
“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.”
My answer… off the cuff…
There are several levels of ‘Sovereignty’.
The most essential one’s being God’s Divine Sovereignty and from this Individual sovereignty.
Individual sovereignty is a vital concept for Human Freedom which is only possible from a theistic foundation in which the Human Individual is imbued with Inalienable rights to life and Liberty.
The fundamental argument being we are given our lives and Freedom directly from God Almighty and it is Theft for governments, or anyone to rob us of our God given life and freedom.
We Free Men then can form a National government which derives it’s *National sovereignty* from a collective of our individual sovereignty and right to form a government. The Government in this way is *Not sovereign*… but the servant of the Sovereign people.
Yet still the people cannot imbue their government with any greater rights or authority than they posses *as individuals*…. therefore no collective of people have the right to create a government that tramples upon the God given rights of Individuals or minorities. No such legitimate power exists.
Therefore the Government must be strictly limited in it’s power, scope, and function leaving the Individuals with their Liberty to follow their own consciences… practice their own faith…. exercise their own values… the only condition being they respect the rights of others to do the same thing… and that their actions do not transgress the rights of others. This is where such things as Private property and free speech are essential rights. Private property is where we may practice our faith. Free speech being distinguished from violence means we can speak out minds and openly evangelise our faith and political opinions… which even if others do not like them or causes them offence… do not constitute violence and so do not violate others rights… and as such are lawful.
Atheism has no foundation for the sovereignty of individuals… no foundation for individual rights in fact no foundation for objective morality at all.
Famously The atheist Jeremy Bentham called rights ‘Nonsense on stilts’.
Atheist Hobbes said their is no higher power than *Might*…. The Leviathan state.
This is why under the atheist materialist paradigm there is no defense against *The sovereign State* which then can treat individuals in any way they see fit.
This is the Atheist Marxist conception whereby Individuals can be sacrificed for the sake of the Collective… The State. There are no Higher Moral Principles by which The All powerful State can be deemed to be Evil. In The Marxist consception… whatever serves the benefit of the Party State is moral* …. That’s Lenin.
so you have a choice… God and Human Rights vs Atheist Nihilism and the subordination of human beings to absolute power.
