"People on both sides have quietly stopped believing in the country. Not swinging hard left or right — just losing faith that the system delivers for them at all. Blame Trump. Blame the Democrats. B...
Strip it back, though, and what’s left is a simple, uncomfortable truth: the American promise is getting harder to believe in. We heard it two years ago. It’s louder now. And it’s a message that’s becoming clearer here in Aotearoa too.
#ShaneTePou, 2026
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/shane-te-pou-2026-midterms-might-be-the-most-consequential-american-election-ive-watched-in-my-lifetime/
Except that the US and Aotearoa are different in almost every way. Other than being predominantly English-speaking, and having governments chosen by elections, we have almost nothing else in common.
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#NZPolitics
#ShaneTePou, 2026
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/shane-te-pou-2026-midterms-might-be-the-most-consequential-american-election-ive-watched-in-my-lifetime/
Except that the US and Aotearoa are different in almost every way. Other than being predominantly English-speaking, and having governments chosen by elections, we have almost nothing else in common.
(2/?)
#NZPolitics
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