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Jacinda Ardern resigns as prime minister of New Zealand

38 points by coloneltcb 4y ago

newaccount2021 4y ago
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thot_experiment 4y ago
I don't really know anything about the particulars here, but the idea of people in power resigning from power is baseline extremely high positive valance. The primary concern of people in power should be how to distribute their power amongst more people, and whether they've held it too long and should abdicate. On a completely unrelated note, Diane Feinstein...
unsupp0rted 4y ago
> Ardern said she had reflected over the summer break on whether she had the energy to continue in the role, and had concluded she did not. Good for her and good for NZ! Other countries should be so lucky in their leaders. Typically politicians leave ahead of a scandal, an ouster, or because they've been diagnosed with something. She's young. I hope it's true she's simply tapped out, and that her health is fine and she's got many fruitful years ahead of her.
- marsven_422 4y ago
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- legostormtroopr 4y ago
  Serious question - what has she achieved for her constituents that is so great? Home affordability in NZ is worse than ever, cost of living has increased faster than comparible countries. NZ did however managed COVID well-enough in part achieved through some of the harshest lockdowns in the world and the fact that NZ has a small low density population with relatively few international ports.
  - Andys 4y ago
    She said alot of words that were pleasing to their ears.
  - ihatepython 4y ago
    She doesn't serve her constituents. None of the present-day politicians do. In her case, she serves Klaus Schwab and the WEF. She is a Young Global Leader.
  - Tiktaalik 4y ago
    > Home affordability in NZ is worse than ever I don't doubt that home affordability got worse over the pandemic as interest rates plunged which allowed people to borrow (and spend!) more money. Over the pandemic home prices went up pretty much world wide. That being said I've been seeing tweets from housing activists noting that home construction has massively spiked since the zoning reforms were introduced. That will create more housing choice and make renters lives less miserable as these homes complete. It sets the stage for prices to be able to stagnate and rise below inflation in the future. I'm not a kiwi so watching this from afar, but that trend looks very promising.

38 points by coloneltcb 4y ago

newaccount2021 4y ago

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I don't really know anything about the particulars here, but the idea of people in power resigning from power is baseline extremely high positive valance. The primary concern of people in power should be how to distribute their power amongst more people, and whether they've held it too long and should abdicate. On a completely unrelated note, Diane Feinstein...

unsupp0rted 4y ago

> Ardern said she had reflected over the summer break on whether she had the energy to continue in the role, and had concluded she did not. Good for her and good for NZ! Other countries should be so lucky in their leaders. Typically politicians leave ahead of a scandal, an ouster, or because they've been diagnosed with something. She's young. I hope it's true she's simply tapped out, and that her health is fine and she's got many fruitful years ahead of her.

marsven_422 4y ago
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legostormtroopr 4y ago
Serious question - what has she achieved for her constituents that is so great? Home affordability in NZ is worse than ever, cost of living has increased faster than comparible countries. NZ did however managed COVID well-enough in part achieved through some of the harshest lockdowns in the world and the fact that NZ has a small low density population with relatively few international ports.
- Andys 4y ago
  She said alot of words that were pleasing to their ears.
- ihatepython 4y ago
  She doesn't serve her constituents. None of the present-day politicians do. In her case, she serves Klaus Schwab and the WEF. She is a Young Global Leader.
- Tiktaalik 4y ago
  > Home affordability in NZ is worse than ever I don't doubt that home affordability got worse over the pandemic as interest rates plunged which allowed people to borrow (and spend!) more money. Over the pandemic home prices went up pretty much world wide. That being said I've been seeing tweets from housing activists noting that home construction has massively spiked since the zoning reforms were introduced. That will create more housing choice and make renters lives less miserable as these homes complete. It sets the stage for prices to be able to stagnate and rise below inflation in the future. I'm not a kiwi so watching this from afar, but that trend looks very promising.