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How protesters demanding ‘freedom’ from COVID restrictions ignore the way liberty really works

  • Written by Andrew Vonasch, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Canterbury
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Like the many similar movements against vaccine mandates and other pandemic restrictions around the world, New Zealand’s protests have expressed a unifying concern with personal freedoms.

One of the highest-profile groups at the occupation of parliament grounds in Wellington was “Voices for Freedom”. The occupation...

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