There's a famous quote usually attributed to Churchill, which like all famous quotes is probably apocryphal. It's about somebody saying much the same regarding drafting poets and artists for the war effort.
His response was "what's the point of fighting?" And even as apocrypha I think it gets to a point: if you stop doing social science (which isn't a science) then what do you do when people turn out to need social scientists? Aren't we interested in having a balanced, happy society?
Sure, NZ is financially fucked. I get it. Cut down all the forests, sell the water, sell the land, sell the bees. Sell the lifestyle to Peter Theil.
I like New Zealand. It's not perfect. Cutting social science won't make it better any more than cutting te reo will.
"The flogging will continue until morale improves" also comes to mind.
Helping the economy by cutting wages and living conditions? Is that what they want people to study?
NZ has been broke for decades. They survive on the smell of an oily rag. This is selling the oily rag.
(An Ozzie btw)
His response was "what's the point of fighting?" And even as apocrypha I think it gets to a point: if you stop doing social science (which isn't a science) then what do you do when people turn out to need social scientists? Aren't we interested in having a balanced, happy society?
Sure, NZ is financially fucked. I get it. Cut down all the forests, sell the water, sell the land, sell the bees. Sell the lifestyle to Peter Theil.
I like New Zealand. It's not perfect. Cutting social science won't make it better any more than cutting te reo will.
"The flogging will continue until morale improves" also comes to mind.
Helping the economy by cutting wages and living conditions? Is that what they want people to study?
NZ has been broke for decades. They survive on the smell of an oily rag. This is selling the oily rag.
(An Ozzie btw)