Election year is here and what another show it will be with the media producing stories with personal preferences in the background and politicians on one side attacking the MMP system while the other side defends it.

Hate rules our society through all sectors as business leaders and workers try to overthrow their opponents in a tussle of hate.

As all this goes on in our lovely country, that is no longer a healthy one, I am constantly reminded of the crazy world … and how it is imploding on itself and I am left wondering how long will it be until this country cannot maintain what we have and it collapses under the weight of human greed, ignorance, over population etcetera?

I can only sit back now and watch your everyday bad behaviour and laugh at your insanity and witness your suffering and the suffering you have imposed on your kids and grandkids.

This system we follow, be it better than the first-past-the-post system, still draws battle lines and has very little room for working together without deal making and arm twisting, tainted with partial willingness. It explains the dysfunctional society we have today.

Richard Stewart, Te Puke