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>And in doing so created a huge push by the New Zealand immigration peeps to incentivize other tech workers to come in How so? He never even revealed the citiz

• komali2 8y ago
  Vaguely recalling an article about how he created a push in new Zealand to bring in more techn workers, leveraging his wealth to pressure/incentivize the government, etc. Regardless, to your original point - a billionaire doing as he pleases does not affect my perception of a country.
  • clubm8 8y ago
    >Vaguely recalling an article about how he created a push in new Zealand to bring in more techn workers Cool, well I've provided a source earlier showing it leaked due to investigative journalism. >to your original point - a billionaire doing as he pleases does not affect my perception of a country. You are free to perceive things however you want, but you may find it beneficial when interacting with others to ground your perceptions in facts and logic, not feelings.
    • komali2 8y ago
      ? I fail to see the relationship between a billionaire getting away with something, and my sense of rule of law. It simply means new Zealand has equal rule of law power to every other first world country...
      • clubm8 8y ago
        > I fail to see the relationship between a billionaire getting away with something, and my sense of rule of law. It simply means new Zealand has equal rule of law power to every other first world country Uh, no. Other 1st world countries enforce their laws. For example, Iceland locked up bankers who broke financial laws leading to a crisis: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2016-03-31/welcome-to-iceland-where-bad-bankers-go-to-prison https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2016-03-31/welcome-t...