Seems amazing that a substantial majority of people are being exploited by policies like those being promoted by National & ACT. Yet it appears a majority will actively vote to continue that exploitation, often their own.
Seems like we have either a suffrage problem or an education/intelligence problem. Or both. Not sure how to start trying to address that.
But why do people actively vote against their own interest & that of the worst off in our society? Is marketing really that powerful?
That our society succumbs to 'populist' identity politics is an indictment on our society and its average level of education and perspective (provincial rather than globally informed).