With the corollary that capitalism is invoked to end the conversation because "oh well, what are you gonna do? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

Generally, yeah. However, I was testing to see if it could do something quite specific (spoiler: it could not).

oops, alt text: Southerly front and rain arriving into Lyall Bay, Wellington like a big, grey wall.

My theory is Pay My Park sent someone to be a wo(man) on the inside and sabotage meter usability so that everyone would just use Pay My Park instead.

I'm often told on here that clothes are meaningless, and to some degree, I agree. However, in this instance, the GOP's aesthetic transformation shows how they use populist style to position themselves as populist outsiders, even as they serve elite interests.