Tokyo had warned that installing the structure in Auckland could jeopardise diplomatic relations.
    • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
      22·
      3 months ago

      Conservatives seem to be on the wrong side of every single issue.

      • notabot@piefed.socialEnglish
        7·
        3 months ago

        If you assume that non-conservatives are largely trying to push society to be better (and I admit that “if” is doing a lot of work), then conservatives, pretty much by definition, are going to usually be on the wrong side of history by trying to hold back change.

        Conservatism really only works when it acts as a steadying force against over-rapid change, rather than cover for a right wing agenda, and, unfortunately, it always seems to get corrupted like that.

  • Rusty 🦀 Femboy 🏳️‍🌈@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    8·
    3 months ago

    Imagine the public outrage if a pro-Nazi government took over Germany, like if the AfD won an election, and the German government started pressuring governments around the world to take down Holocaust memorials.

    • lath@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      “Imagine”? We’re already heading there. AfD is getting popular again. A few more screw ups from the current German gov and next election is a goner.