This comment is nothing but bait. What answer are you expecting exactly? NZ is not an AES but it is possible for some small amount of good to happen anywhere in the world regardless.
Government policy can be used for good, it all depends on implementation. This article is nothing but a copy paste of this previous article.
Maybe we need some native NZers here to tell us what the left is thinking but it seems the only ones complaining are right wingers and libertarians with the usual "but mah small business owners" and "but but big government supposed to be bad!11!".
I can understand why some people react negatively too, we are accustomed to being doomers, everything sucks or everything promising will eventually prove to be shit.
I understand and sympathize with the struggle with addiction and I hope NZ is prepared to help people quit like one of the other proposals mentioned is gradualy reducing nicotine.
But at the same time I have to say is that the pandemic should have already proven that only decisive government action actualy changes the world and if NZ is finaly doing it then good for them. I'd say the same thing if it was alcohol too. Spending another 50 years arguing among the """"""left"""""" about whether or not it is actualy good or shitty to forcibly stop people from ruining their bodies is another 50 years of people losing their family and friends to shitty capitalism induced preventable diseases.
At the same time you can rest assured you wont have to think too much about this because there is zero chance places like the US could ever even consider an actualy good public health policy anyway so.
This comment is nothing but bait. What answer are you expecting exactly? NZ is not an AES but it is possible for some small amount of good to happen anywhere in the world regardless.
Government policy can be used for good, it all depends on implementation. This article is nothing but a copy paste of this previous article.
Maybe we need some native NZers here to tell us what the left is thinking but it seems the only ones complaining are right wingers and libertarians with the usual "but mah small business owners" and "but but big government supposed to be bad!11!".
I can understand why some people react negatively too, we are accustomed to being doomers, everything sucks or everything promising will eventually prove to be shit.
I understand and sympathize with the struggle with addiction and I hope NZ is prepared to help people quit like one of the other proposals mentioned is gradualy reducing nicotine.
But at the same time I have to say is that the pandemic should have already proven that only decisive government action actualy changes the world and if NZ is finaly doing it then good for them. I'd say the same thing if it was alcohol too. Spending another 50 years arguing among the """"""left"""""" about whether or not it is actualy good or shitty to forcibly stop people from ruining their bodies is another 50 years of people losing their family and friends to shitty capitalism induced preventable diseases.
At the same time you can rest assured you wont have to think too much about this because there is zero chance places like the US could ever even consider an actualy good public health policy anyway so.
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