KG says:
YESS!
It needed saying and it needs to be repeated, again and again.
Returning to live in NZ, I’m surprised most by two things:
The widespread anger and resentment at the special treatment and privileges maori are afforded, and how afraid people are of speaking openly on the subject.The Gantt Guy says:
It really is quite palpable now, isn’t it? For a long time our political elites have fanned the flames of division and discontent, and yet they now seem surprised at the level of discontent they’ve fostered.Pascal says:
“and yet they now seem surprised at the level of discontent they’ve fostered.”In a politician, “seeming” surprised by policy consequences is a survival skill.
Discontent “fostered”
Both foster and foment are synonyms of cherish. “Foster is often used in an unfavorable way. Foment is seldom used but in a bad sense, or of evil influences.”
Indeed, fomented would have been far better than fostered. One implies an active pursuance, the other passivity.
Prog Politics:
A war on individual human rights carried out by other means.
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