Max was earning more as a dishwasher in Australia than as a university-qualified environmental monitoring technician back home in New Zealand. He is among a record number of people leaving the country.
  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
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    5 days ago

    A businessman-cum-conservative leads the country since 2023, in coalition with far-right populists.
    After two terms of Labour government.

    Pretty much the same happened in my country, and yes, the effects are palpable, esp. if you work in the public or social sector.

      • Lon3star@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 days ago

        Similar to the US going from Obama to Trump in 2016. Left got complacent, while the right stoked fear with lies and propaganda.

        • 3abas@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          5 days ago

          Obama was not a badass, he was a charismatic young illegal drone striking war criminal who reversed course on several key campaign promises.

          He wasn’t Trump, but he wasn’t a leftist workers hero, you deserve and should demand better than Democrats.

          • handsoffmydata@lemmy.zipEnglish
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            5 days ago

            Everyone wants to remember the hope and change, no one wants to remember the extrajudicial killing of Americans.

            • Andy@slrpnk.netEnglish
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              5 days ago

              Also, there was a lot more hope than change.

              Ultimately, Obama did a perfect job executing neoliberalism. And by demonstrating the outcomes of neoliberalism when perfectly executed, I think he also executed neoliberalism in the other meaning.