Are NZers getting in their own way? (Paul Holmes)

That great and distinguished thinker, Master Holmes, has emerged from his cloister once again to ask the rhetorical question noted above. A product of many years of deep thinking, coupled with a diet of spelt and water, the question is, of course, worthy of consideration.

Its meaning is clear, and is one that the Neo-liberals have posed for years. NZers (thought of as NZ civil society) are unable to chart the correct course for the nation that will lead them to enlightenment. They are, because of shortfalls in intellect, political sophistication, and ethnic division, prone to fall away from the path of righteousness. Happily, great thinkers - Mr Holmes, Alan Gibbs, Don Brash and others - understand this capacity for self-harm, and are willing to sacrifice themselves to keep us on the divine path. The simplest solution would be to hand over power to the great masters, who, in full recognition of what is good and right, would create a new and successful order in NZ. In the absence of our compliance with such a generous offer, the great must make do with a collaboration with a lesser order of being (the National party and allies) who will, as a proxy for the great thinkers, undermine democracy and reorder the economy in line with enlightened thought.

Let hosannas ring out as our due and proper future is revealed.