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[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 30 points 1 week ago (3 children)

If you want to look at this as an optimist: scrapping all support for social sciences across an entire country is a great social science experiment. Now we get to learn how important social sciences are!

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 19 points 1 week ago

It's so incredibly short sighted, I do not know how to react.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is that tragic optimism? New Zealand, are you ok over there? I guess we'll never know.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No. We're not.

Our current ultra (for us) right wing government is busy pillaging the country to line thier own and their cronies' pockets.

[–] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hey at least the landlords got their tax cut tho right.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 week ago

That's not actually one that pissess me off: specifically interest deductibility.

Demanding cost cuts from health, education, disabilities support, "cracking down on beneficiaries" and generally shitting all over the most vulnerable members of our society... Just to build a few more kilometres of motorways and "celebrate our most successful" with tax cuts.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago

Dang, sorry to hear it. Hang in there friend.

[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 6 points 1 week ago

Bleakly optimistic at best, yeah? 😬