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RE: Moana - Luxon interview - king1 - 21-04-2022
(21-04-2022, 04:14 PM)Wainuiguy Wrote:of course it is, every aspect of the food, the rent, the table, one has is a choice, not always particularly palatable and a lot of people do it hard, but it is still a choice. Some will work 80 hours for a better lifestyle, still a choice... At the other extreme, living in a tent in a camping ground to save money is a not very nice choice...(21-04-2022, 03:05 PM)king1 Wrote: food and water are necessities - how many jobs and hours worked are choices determined by lifestyle factors eg wanting to maintain the existing lifestyle, in face of rising costs. But either way, give them all a break, let them have their day off...No when putting food on the table or paying rent requires someone to work 60 plus hours a week or 2 or 3 jobs that no longer is a choice.
Everyone is too quick these days to externalise their problems and make it someone else's fault...
Am I starting to sound like a Nat supporter?
RE: Moana - Luxon interview - Wainuiguy - 21-04-2022
(21-04-2022, 04:23 PM)king1 Wrote:Spoken like a true champagne socialist.(21-04-2022, 04:14 PM)Wainuiguy Wrote: No when putting food on the table or paying rent requires someone to work 60 plus hours a week or 2 or 3 jobs that no longer is a choice.of course it is, every aspect of the food, the rent, the table, one has is a choice, not always particularly palatable and a lot of people do it hard, but it is still a choice. Some will work 80 hours for a better lifestyle, still a choice... At the other extreme, living in a tent in a camping ground to save money is a not very nice choice...
Everyone is too quick these days to externalise their problems and make it someone else's fault...
Am I starting to sound like a Nat supporter?
RE: Moana - Luxon interview - king1 - 21-04-2022
(21-04-2022, 05:47 PM)Wainuiguy Wrote:lol, that might be true if I were a socialist...(21-04-2022, 04:23 PM)king1 Wrote: of course it is, every aspect of the food, the rent, the table, one has is a choice, not always particularly palatable and a lot of people do it hard, but it is still a choice. Some will work 80 hours for a better lifestyle, still a choice... At the other extreme, living in a tent in a camping ground to save money is a not very nice choice...Spoken like a true champagne socialist.
Everyone is too quick these days to externalise their problems and make it someone else's fault...
Am I starting to sound like a Nat supporter?
RE: Moana - Luxon interview - Oh_hunnihunni - 21-04-2022
A choice is still a choice, even when it is a truly awful one. I know this because I have been in that place several times.
RE: Moana - Luxon interview - Oldfellah - 21-04-2022
The real choice will be made on election day 2023
RE: Moana - Luxon interview - Oh_hunnihunni - 21-04-2022
And the Greens still won't get in. But I'll vote anyway. Because it is my choice.
RE: Moana - Luxon interview - Magoo - 22-04-2022
i choose not to participate
im holding out for anarchy, or perhaps a benevolent dictatorship.