Daily review 22/07/2024

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  5. 5

    Deutsche Welle (DW) is a German state-owned international news channel which produces some outstanding documentaries.

    I am well through this 80 minute production, released just over a week ago, it chronicles another frightening layer of American politics. The stormtroopers for Trump and it's no surprise that it has it's roots deep in American history.

    These people live in a different world, and we've discovered in recent years that we have our own fair share of people are living in a completely different world. They have created their own false reality. And the CoC wants to ease gun restrictions.

    America’s right-wing radicals – US veterans against democracy | DW Documentary

    By storming the Capitol, hundreds of supporters of former US President Donald Trump aimed to prevent the Senate and House of Representatives from officially confirming Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential elections. Some 15 per cent of those involved were former members of the US military or police. This shocking statistic prompts an important question: Why are the very people who have sworn an oath to protect the nation’s democracy attacking it?

    The US-American filmmaker Charlie Sadoff and his co-writer and producer Kenneth Harbaugh both used to be in the military, something that allowed them to delve deep into the veterans’ world. Through them, they gained access to violent rightwing extremist circles in America, including anti-government militias such as the Proud Boys, the Three Percenters and the Oath Keepers.

    These groups – organized and led by well-educated, highly motivated military veterans – represent the greatest threat to democracy in the United States today. The documentary examines the complexity of this development, tracing it back to its historical roots. The smoke over the Capitol may have cleared, but the problem remains: US society remains deeply divided. The groups are still active and the next elections are imminent.

  6. 6

    Anyone follow UK politics? – astonishing to hear new Labour UK Finance Minister sounding almost identical to our right wing NZ government.
    Unfunded spending commitments, hidden budget overspends, inherited financial disaster etc all blamed on the previous government.

    And what is the remedy? – can you guess? Freezing or abandoning significant infrastructure projects including hospital upgrades, spending cuts across departments and, of course, the old chestnut – getting the unemployed back to work.

    It's sounds so much like the current NZ government as to almost be the same script – that just seems odd. WTF is going on? What happened to Keynesian economics? Why do governments pretend they are beholden to the bond market in order enact austerity that isn't necessary?

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