November 14, 2024 3:00pm by David Farrar

How would NZ Labour do using this vision

Prominent leftwing commentator Matt Yglesias posted a nine point vision for how the Democrats can return to “common sense”. They resonate with many and are below.

Today, @mattyglesias outlined his 9-point vision for what he calls "Common Sense Democrats," which looks an awful lot like a return to reasonable liberalism and sanity. pic.twitter.com/KBF2DxOwMQ
— i/o (@eyeslasho) November 7, 2024

None of these are radical. I thought it would be interesting to assess NZ Labour and Greens against the nine points.

Labour does believe in economic growth, while Greens basically do not
Labour probably do see climate change as a reality to manage, while Greens more see it as a hard limit
Labour and Greens both fail on this one, prioritising prisoners over victims
Big fail for both on (4) as both obsesses with seeing everything through a racial lens
Both a fail also.
Big fail.
Labour gets half marks here. Hipkins is not down this rabbit hole, but some of his MPs are. Greens are fully down
Not so relevant here, but I think Labour is okay on this one.
Big fail here as Labour have created an industry that is all about providers, and not about outcomes