If you really want to cut ties with the US, why not crack down on apostasy from Islam like Iran does?
Iran officially recognizes four religions. The PRC has five. But in New Zealand, for some reason, you get to believe whatever the Hell you want. Why? If you love Iran and the PRC so much, if that's the kind of society you feel is worth dying to maintain, why not fight for it in your country? If the Iranian and the PRC governments' right to "self-determination" includes beheading however many protesters they want, why don't you start killing off US sympathizers?
But no, you want to keep your cushy US-financed freedoms for yourself, and when a Chinese or Iranian protester wants the same liberty, the government can go ahead and slaughter them and that's not a violation of "international law" because the important thing is resisting US influence. To what end?
If you really want to cut ties with the US, why not crack down on apostasy from Islam like Iran does?
Iran officially recognizes four religions. The PRC has five. But in New Zealand, for some reason, you get to believe whatever the Hell you want. Why? If you love Iran and the PRC so much, if that's the kind of society you feel is worth dying to maintain, why not fight for it in your country? If the Iranian and the PRC governments' right to "self-determination" includes beheading however many protesters they want, why don't you start killing off US sympathizers?
But no, you want to keep your cushy US-financed freedoms for yourself, and when a Chinese or Iranian protester wants the same liberty, the government can go ahead and slaughter them and that's not a violation of "international law" because the important thing is resisting US influence. To what end?