With the NZ election coming up next year i have been assessing the situation in the country and determining where my vote would best be placed. The thing is, i find myself in a conundrum... I think this country needs a bigger focus on environmentalism, and would love to see some more pro-environment politicians in the governing center-right coalition, not only for the obvious lifestyle and health reasons, but also because tourism is New Zealand's biggest industry in terms of revenue and employment (as you all will probably know).
I'm pretty sure this applies to most situations and shouldn't be too NZ focused:
We currently have only one real choice as far as pro-environment parties are concerned, the Green Party... The only problem is.. A vote for them is a vote for fucking nut case socialists. The Green party here is realistically more of a socialist party than they are an environmentalist part. They are more left-wing that our Labour party.
So now i am in a position where i have to either support money spending cunts with the advantage of environmental protection, or support my most ideologically similar National party, who, while having some measures of environmental protection in place, don't really go far enough imo.
Which brings to me an important question, and the point of this rant:
Why the fuck are there no apolitical environmental protection parties? If there were a truly apolitical party i wouldn't hesitate to vote for them. Not only that, but being apolitical would almost guarantee that the Greens got more votes - at this stage they alienate most of the country by being completely socialist - something that seems to make their "environment is priority #1" attitude entirely disingenuous.
Does this situation remind any of you of situations in your countries?
I'm pretty sure this applies to most situations and shouldn't be too NZ focused:
We currently have only one real choice as far as pro-environment parties are concerned, the Green Party... The only problem is.. A vote for them is a vote for fucking nut case socialists. The Green party here is realistically more of a socialist party than they are an environmentalist part. They are more left-wing that our Labour party.
So now i am in a position where i have to either support money spending cunts with the advantage of environmental protection, or support my most ideologically similar National party, who, while having some measures of environmental protection in place, don't really go far enough imo.
Which brings to me an important question, and the point of this rant:
Why the fuck are there no apolitical environmental protection parties? If there were a truly apolitical party i wouldn't hesitate to vote for them. Not only that, but being apolitical would almost guarantee that the Greens got more votes - at this stage they alienate most of the country by being completely socialist - something that seems to make their "environment is priority #1" attitude entirely disingenuous.
Does this situation remind any of you of situations in your countries?
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