If the above is somehow not convincing enough, consider the state of the field that Holland is running against. It’s possible to read Holland’s words here as a warning against the darker side of human nature, one that has almost surfaced thanks to the short sighted mismanagement of the Key Government.Īuckland is fortunate to have such an extraordinarily educated individual run for mayor. Once democracy degrades further, it becomes tyranny. The astute listener would interpret Holland’s words here as a warning to us about the further deterioration of our society, especially in this age of greed. For those who have not read The Republic, the belief of Plato was that government begins as an aristocracy and degrades over time, passing through the less perfect stages of timocracy, oligarchy, democracy and eventually tyranny. Here Holland is referencing Book VIII of Plato’s Republic, in particular the passage that covers the five forms of government. Decisions shall be left up to the people, not an elected official in a farcical ‘democratic’ ceremony.” He says “I won’t do a single thing as mayor just as I haven’t done a single thing for the past seven years of my retirement. Holland is the only candidate with genuine philosopher-king credentials.

Holland is the opposite of this – his suspension of judgment is so strong that he doesn’t know if he is representing Not A Party or Legalise Cannabis Auckland. Many politicians are fanatically devoted to an ideology and are happy to destroy everything in their path in order to force that ideology upon everyone else.

Considering how shallow and trend-conscious Aucklanders are, magnanimity on the order of Holland’s gesture might be worth tens of millions to the various charities of New Zealand. Considering that the salary of the Auckland mayor is NZD250,000+, this represents a considerable sum of money that charities need.Ĭoupled to this is the likelihood that the mayor would make it fashionable to donate salary money to charity, which is what this ever more unequal society needs. Holland has promised to “donate every last penny of my salary to various charities as suggested to me by the people of Auckland“. The first is that he is the only one interested in using his position as mayor to enrich Auckland, instead of just enriching himself.

Holland stands out from this rabble in a number of ways.

If the mayoral campaigns were embryos, most of them would be terminated by the mother after the doctor made clear that there was no chance of viable offspring. Adam Holland is the only one of the 18 Auckland mayoral candidates whose candidacy doesn’t have some kind of gross defect.

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