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I’m sure Jacinda Ardern and her current government are being targeted internationally by hybrid warfare type disinformation techniques. My guess is that it’s a reaction to her being held up as an example of a young progressive woman in a position of power and getting through the beginning of Covid without to many deaths by relying on a functional social contract. Read a piece like this with a critical eye to what power struggles behind the scenes produced it. Also in the context of the mass murder in Christchurch live streamed on Facebook.

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Sounds exactly like the kind of baseless conspiracy theory that would be made up to try to deflect criticism about authoritarian actions by a government.

I’m sorry but hacker news is not the correct place for serious discussion of NZ politics, please go to the Trademe forums or the Nzherald comments section.

There was no serious discussion of it, just some baseless conspiratorial rambling that I called out.

It's a joke, it would be like discussing politics on craigslist.

There is evidence of funding coming in for some radical right groups. I’m not sure an instant dismissal is possible order, but the OP giving a link or two would have been helpful.

This is what came to mind for me: https://www.webworm.co/p/fakenews2

This is a long way from conspiracy theories like "Jacinda Ardern and her current government are being targeted internationally by hybrid warfare type disinformation techniques." and "it’s a reaction to her being held up as an example of a young progressive woman in a position of power and getting through the beginning of Covid without to many deaths by relying on a functional social contract."

Sure, some shadowy entity (probably connected to Putin and also secret Nazis) are waging hybrid warfare on New Zealand because Jacinta is so progressive and young and a woman, and that's why she needs the ability to take down any facebook content (critical of her authoritarianism?), also something something covid and mass shootings. Just screams hysterical ultra left wing fear mongering conspiracy theory.

I linked to an article on Steve Bannon and his shenanigans.

Being concerned about that man is far from hysterical left conspiracy theory. He is a problem and New Zealanders overwhelming reject his crap (see local body elections, and the coming general election).

That's not what I said was the conspiracy theory.

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