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Winston and Seymour are in competition to see which one can be the Trump of NZ.

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[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The government needs to figure out how to crack down on this algo driven bot rot ASAP otherwise democracies are all going to fall.

[–] Аноним@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 month ago

The issue is that this government is kissing the arse of the US, you are correct we have seen the rise of authoritarian regimes across the globe in the last 10 years. We don't need nor want NZ to fall. I have seen the slow decay of rights under this government with their fast track of bills very similar to executive orders trump is using

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We need to cut Russia off the internet completely is what we need to do.

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

The argument has always been that then the people in that country will never know the truth and rise up against their dictator. I'm not sure how much water that argument holds today given their current war...