Over-Protected Nation

August 21, 2020

By NZB3

The analogy of New Zealand as a child and The State as a protective guardian has been going too far for years. The State became over-protective some while ago and this Government’s response to the COVID-19 virus really shows you that!

Labour 6.0’s aim is to become so clean that New Zealand wont be able to play with the other kids. If we don’t remain a shut-in we’ll get dirty and perhaps become anaphylactic like some bubble-wrapped child of a Millennial Victimhood Culture Mom.

This has been the agenda of Prime Minister from the very start, to take charge and command: “Stay home, stay lives,” “Stay home or tens of thousands of New Zealanders will die,” “Unite against COVID-19.” This approach was top-down. It created fear and a remedy that relied upon conformity rather than an Open Society environment where people could discuss, debate, and problem-solve¹.

So, it’s the Nanny State. It’s Mother Ardern wrapping up her baby, New Zealand, in cotton wool and bubble wrap so no harm can come to him. But another philosophy would be that playing in the dirt, scraping your knees, unsupervised play, and benign neglect are what make people and nations strong and independent!

“We actually don’t want to be the only Covid-free nation as that would be a poisoned chalice and compel us to be isolated from the rest of the world for many years. That’s not sustainable or desirable. We’re backing ourselves into a corner by clinging to the elimination strategy,”- Glen Heath

Like the kid whose upbringing is so clean, so sterile, that he is now unfit to live in the real world, New Zealand under Labour 6.0’s elimination strategy would become unproductive and ineffective. A snowflake among nations. Eventually we would have to go back into the world anyway and the (vain) sacrifices made to become cleaner than clean all undone!

We must not let The State turn us into useless people or a useless people.

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