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Yes, it's my assertion that Slater made possible by way of his toxic political platform changes to New Zealand society that would have been more difficult to achieve due to public outcry.

Dirty Politics is only a subset of this behaviour. Dirty Politics also proved that being right wasn't enough. Nicky Hager copped far more disdain than anyone else involved.

Slater's platform set the stage for this very scene: politicians only ever engage in wrongdoing if they are caught red handed, or are a political opponent. Otherwise it should be assumed that any politician is acting with absolute virtue. Only the jealous who support other parties would disagree.

You just need to compare who is calling out what in the different political threads. National gets a pass selling seats to foreign influence. Labour cops it for trying to weed out inappropriate sexual behaviour.