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1. Dave Lane 🇳🇿 (lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 02-Feb-2023 09:33:29 JST Dave Lane 🇳🇿

   It's extremely disappointing that all the political parties I've investigated - including my preferred parties, #NZGreens, #TePātiMāori, and #TOP - all use US-owned proprietary software Nationbuilder. (all the other political parties also use it) Politics in Aotearoa NZ needs to happen and be run here in NZ. What's the point if every single step of our political process here is framed an dmediated by deeply untrustworthy US corporate interests? Kiss our sovereignty goodbye.

   • Adrian Cochrane repeated this.
   • Dave Lane 🇳🇿 (lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 02-Feb-2023 09:33:25 JST Dave Lane 🇳🇿

     in reply to

     Is anyone aware of any NZ-based political party that *doesn't* use #Nationbuilder? Do we have a total monopoly by a foreign corporation's proprietary software product over our country's political campaigning? I really hope not, because that absolutely wouldn't be a good situation.

   • Thaiis Thei 𓁟 (oozenet@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Feb-2023 09:40:49 JST Thaiis Thei 𓁟

     in reply to

     @lightweight Electronic Frontiers Australia. When I pointed out how using Google Docs was directly contradictory the principles of EFA and suggested we maybe use a wiki I was told that it was just easier to use Google docs. I just lost respect for the organisation and had to withdraw.

   • Dave Lane 🇳🇿 (lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 02-Feb-2023 09:40:50 JST Dave Lane 🇳🇿

     in reply to

     • Thaiis Thei 𓁟

     @Oozenet interesting - I'm not familiar with the EFA... who's that/where are they? Too few values-based organisations are 'prefigurative' about their technology choices (i.e. selecting technologies that reflect their stated values). And many other organisations are similarly deficient, tech-wise, but don't have values, stated or otherwise.

     Adrian Cochrane repeated this.
   • Thaiis Thei 𓁟 (oozenet@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Feb-2023 09:40:51 JST Thaiis Thei 𓁟

     in reply to

     @lightweight I was on EFA's policy team but quit because they use Google docs for everything. If you aren't walking the walk how can you have any credibility?

   • Charliebrownau (charliebrownau@pieville.net)'s status on Saturday, 04-Feb-2023 16:40:30 JST Charliebrownau

     in reply to

     @lightweight

     All national statist parties are

     Israel First
     Anti Nation
     Anti White
     Agenda 21 onboard
     WEF signees
     Free Speech Deniers
     Climate scam supporters
     Gun grabbers
     Free Speech Suppression

     Ever considered we don't need or would be better off without

     national government
     taxation
     GST/vat
     welfare
     Multi culturalism
     Diversity
     Female 'rights'/feminism
     Liberalism
     Mah democracy