willowtooth
6th February 2017, 02:17
So as we all know, the most dangerous fascists are very wealthy and very easily subject to psychological manipulation.:confused::confused::confused::confus ed::confused::confused::confused::confused: I often state that American fashisty should "go back to germany" this is a bit of a Pavlovian turn of phrase on "go back to africa" a popular American segregationist chant, and is a form of shaming as many Americans parents and grandparents fought against the Nazis in WW2. "Oh what would your grandfather say you poor dear!"... I shout at fashisty
but I saw this the other day:
when Americans think of New Zealand, the Lord of the Rings trilogy is often the first thing that comes to mind. After that they wonder if it's part of Australia.What they probably don't know is that thanks to incredible natural beauty, a humble, understated style, and few cultural and linguistic barriers for English speakers to hurdle, the island nation of 4.5 million people has become a huge draw for tourists over the past decade.
And lately, it's more than tourists: the billionaires are moving in too. West Coast titans like Internet investor and Gawker slayer Peter Thiel and Titanic director James Cameron have recently bought spreads on the island. Cameron, who directed and starred in a New Zealand tourism video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TdKLyvesVE) in 2016, owns a 3,500-square-foot organic farm in Wairarapa, two hours east of the capital city of Wellington. Thiel, who is reportedly a newly minted Kiwi citizen (http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/25/thiel-trump-tech-envoy-became-new-zealand-citizen-rrpoty.html), has built a stunning glass box of a house (with a tree growing out of its center) in the Bay of Islands perched above the Pacific Ocean, along with another in Wanaka on the South Island.
http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a9408/billionaires-new-zealand/
then this on a completely different day
the billionaire venture capitalist didn’t get where he was by not hedging his bets. While the German-born Thiel was shuttling between his homes in Manhattan, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Maui, spreading the Trump gospel of “America First,” the PayPal co-founder was keeping a remarkable secret. Thiel, it was revealed last week (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11788688), is also a citizen of New Zealand—a privilege usually reserved for those born in the country or who have New Zealand-born parents or who have lived in New Zealand for the better part of the past five years (something Thiel has not done). He bought a 477-acre property in the country in 2015, and has been a Kiwi nationalist since 2011 (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11788688), which explains how he was able to buy a $10 million New Zealand property without approval from the country’s Overseas Investment Office.
The revelation of Thiel’s secret citizenship is significant for two reasons. First, it pulls back the curtain on the way that citizenship can often be bought by foreign nationals with cash to spend, a fact that has left many New Zealanders outraged. Documents released by New Zealand officials and first reported by The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/01/business/peter-thiel-new-zealand-citizenship.html) on Wednesday confirmed that Thiel was granted special permission to become a citizen after he pledged to “devote a significant amount of my time and resources to the people and businesses of New Zealand.” According to his application, Thiel cited “the wide global network I have cultivated” as providing a “great value to New Zealand.” (The Times notes that only about a dozen or so people are granted Kiwi citizenship each year under similar “exceptional” circumstances.)
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/02/peter-thiel-wants-to-make-new-zealand-great-again
I say we encourage this trend and send the rich nazi racists to new zealand. Quarantine them in the bottom corner in the world, and let Lucifer save the aborigines
but I saw this the other day:
when Americans think of New Zealand, the Lord of the Rings trilogy is often the first thing that comes to mind. After that they wonder if it's part of Australia.What they probably don't know is that thanks to incredible natural beauty, a humble, understated style, and few cultural and linguistic barriers for English speakers to hurdle, the island nation of 4.5 million people has become a huge draw for tourists over the past decade.
And lately, it's more than tourists: the billionaires are moving in too. West Coast titans like Internet investor and Gawker slayer Peter Thiel and Titanic director James Cameron have recently bought spreads on the island. Cameron, who directed and starred in a New Zealand tourism video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TdKLyvesVE) in 2016, owns a 3,500-square-foot organic farm in Wairarapa, two hours east of the capital city of Wellington. Thiel, who is reportedly a newly minted Kiwi citizen (http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/25/thiel-trump-tech-envoy-became-new-zealand-citizen-rrpoty.html), has built a stunning glass box of a house (with a tree growing out of its center) in the Bay of Islands perched above the Pacific Ocean, along with another in Wanaka on the South Island.
http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a9408/billionaires-new-zealand/
then this on a completely different day
the billionaire venture capitalist didn’t get where he was by not hedging his bets. While the German-born Thiel was shuttling between his homes in Manhattan, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Maui, spreading the Trump gospel of “America First,” the PayPal co-founder was keeping a remarkable secret. Thiel, it was revealed last week (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11788688), is also a citizen of New Zealand—a privilege usually reserved for those born in the country or who have New Zealand-born parents or who have lived in New Zealand for the better part of the past five years (something Thiel has not done). He bought a 477-acre property in the country in 2015, and has been a Kiwi nationalist since 2011 (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11788688), which explains how he was able to buy a $10 million New Zealand property without approval from the country’s Overseas Investment Office.
The revelation of Thiel’s secret citizenship is significant for two reasons. First, it pulls back the curtain on the way that citizenship can often be bought by foreign nationals with cash to spend, a fact that has left many New Zealanders outraged. Documents released by New Zealand officials and first reported by The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/01/business/peter-thiel-new-zealand-citizenship.html) on Wednesday confirmed that Thiel was granted special permission to become a citizen after he pledged to “devote a significant amount of my time and resources to the people and businesses of New Zealand.” According to his application, Thiel cited “the wide global network I have cultivated” as providing a “great value to New Zealand.” (The Times notes that only about a dozen or so people are granted Kiwi citizenship each year under similar “exceptional” circumstances.)
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/02/peter-thiel-wants-to-make-new-zealand-great-again
I say we encourage this trend and send the rich nazi racists to new zealand. Quarantine them in the bottom corner in the world, and let Lucifer save the aborigines