Usually their hot topics are bitching about housing and simping for TOP but these days I’ve noticed a lot more posts to the extent of “labour sucks and now I have no choice but to vote for national >:(”. Unsure if this reflects a general change in sentiment or if certain parties are spending their excess donations on buying out accounts. Worth mentioning I’ve noticed inflammatory topics posted by accounts that have been dead for years.
That’s a very polite way of putting it.
No it isn’t, it’s exactly what I think. They have done a lot of good, but could have done more. I suspect they would have were there not a global pandemic, terrorist activity and multiple natural disasters during their terms.
They were busy fucking up Kiwibuild long before all that kicked off though.
And yet their policies have seen a significant cooling of the housing market. Sure, Kiwibuild did not go ahead as planned. On this point, I agree. However, to point to this failed policy and claim they are completely useless, or they are letting the country down, when there is a mountain of good they have done in their time in office is very intellectually dishonest.
You try to shift the blame from them to the wider economy, my point was they were already fucking up before all that happened.
If you read carefully, you will see that I am overall happy with their performance, although there are some things I think they could have done more were circumstances different.
I do not think there is any blame needs shifting. They have done a good job with the cards they have been dealt. Not perfect, but good. And no, I do not see a pre-pandemic policy which did not go as planned and subsequently dismiss all further progress.
You make a very good point, that they had an absolute shocker of a time due to external circumstances…