Aotearoa may be the edge of your fading 'Pax Americana', but for Kiwis it's the center of our world. Ideology is a funny thing, the world looks different depending on where you observe it from. Perhaps your consciousness hasn't quite caught up with the rest of you in moving to NZ. No one in their right mind thinks that China has a milita…
Aotearoa may be the edge of your fading 'Pax Americana', but for Kiwis it's the center of our world. Ideology is a funny thing, the world looks different depending on where you observe it from. Perhaps your consciousness hasn't quite caught up with the rest of you in moving to NZ. No one in their right mind thinks that China has a military interest in NZ beyond our role in projecting the power of the US empire into their Pacific backyard (the spy bases in Waihopai, Tangimoana etc).
We tend to do our best not to get drawn in to the US' craziness without provoking their anger, in that case the Yanks really could be coming. Have you seen the film 'Sleeping Dogs' (1977)? Sam Neill's first lead role I believe, as a guy just trying to keep to himself in the midst of a US occupation of NZ, triggered by a Maidan-esque false flag:
Cool, I didn't know about Sleeping Dogs! Will definitely check it out! Well said, sir: my geopolitical gringo soul hasn't caught up with my NZ body. Not sure where the center of my world is these dsys. The Chinese patrol made me realize this in a way I hadn't before. Yeah, they don't have much military reason to come, though they will certainly keep buying the lumber that rumbles past my house every day on Highway 2. I hope NZ can stay out of the craziness on both sides.
For NZ occupation stories, do you know New Hokkaido, by James McNaughton? Odd little novel imagining NZ if Japan had won the war. Worth a read! https://teherengawakapress.co.nz/new-hokkaido/
Aotearoa may be the edge of your fading 'Pax Americana', but for Kiwis it's the center of our world. Ideology is a funny thing, the world looks different depending on where you observe it from. Perhaps your consciousness hasn't quite caught up with the rest of you in moving to NZ. No one in their right mind thinks that China has a military interest in NZ beyond our role in projecting the power of the US empire into their Pacific backyard (the spy bases in Waihopai, Tangimoana etc).
We tend to do our best not to get drawn in to the US' craziness without provoking their anger, in that case the Yanks really could be coming. Have you seen the film 'Sleeping Dogs' (1977)? Sam Neill's first lead role I believe, as a guy just trying to keep to himself in the midst of a US occupation of NZ, triggered by a Maidan-esque false flag:
https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/sleeping-dogs
Cool, I didn't know about Sleeping Dogs! Will definitely check it out! Well said, sir: my geopolitical gringo soul hasn't caught up with my NZ body. Not sure where the center of my world is these dsys. The Chinese patrol made me realize this in a way I hadn't before. Yeah, they don't have much military reason to come, though they will certainly keep buying the lumber that rumbles past my house every day on Highway 2. I hope NZ can stay out of the craziness on both sides.
For NZ occupation stories, do you know New Hokkaido, by James McNaughton? Odd little novel imagining NZ if Japan had won the war. Worth a read! https://teherengawakapress.co.nz/new-hokkaido/