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"The leadership of left-wing parties around the world is utterly disconnected from their voters," I should say 'some of their voters'. There are large swaths
by jomamaxx 10y ago
"The leadership of left-wing parties around the world is utterly disconnected from their voters,"
I should say 'some of their voters'.
There are large swaths of younger, urban voters who are supportive of 'new left'.
As we learned with Brexit, it's not as big as one would think.
'New Left' has more in common with the Green Party than it does regular, lower middle class voters, which is he ideological shift I'm trying to articulate.
- protomyth 10y agoI'm obviously not from the UK, but I was listening to something about Wales and their vote. Is that part of what your talking about? I don't think I get UK politics particularly since I don't understand the whole Labor leader dynamic.
- jomamaxx 10y agoUK is mostly similar to the US, but without a gun-rights, anti-abortion or evangelical vote. Old left = unions, basic social services, getting women into education in the workplace - but still ok with religion. New left = environmentalism, gender feminism/'white privilege'/'male privilege', all migrants are legal, free university, gay marriage, very weary of Christianity Old left = working class, factory workers etc. New left = urbanites, minorities, young people in or just out of school Obviously they are not entirely different things. But the 'new left' is not 'class based' as it used to be.