I think Monto is self employed? It's not just blue collar tradies (a huge number of whom are self employed), but most self employed who just can't take a break from their business, even if their mental health is poor. That's their reality
Yipe but it's also their reality that they see alot of the stuff that the PAYG get up to as 'soft', and very detached from their world. Especially the big city, urban employed. Spend more than 5 mins in the company of a farmer, and you will know all about that. My tradie brother, all his mates are tradies. It's a bit Them & Us.
That's their world, their mates are mostly in that world, they socialise in that world - that's often their viewpoint. I imagine it's world not many Nix supporters (being based in NZ's public service capital), belong to though.