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Corbyn is a hardcore anticapitalist whose aim is a socialist society (soviet block style). He is in favour of Brexit, too, for this reason. Same goes for McDonn
by mytailorisrich 4y ago
Corbyn is a hardcore anticapitalist whose aim is a socialist society (soviet block style). He is in favour of Brexit, too, for this reason. Same goes for McDonnell, a Marxist.
That's very far left and is opposed by most people including in the Labour Party. Basically, those guys were the Communist Party and unsurprisingly people did prefer to keep the Tories...
It was the same in the 80s when Labour was essentially unelectable. Blair saw that the centre left was politically the best bet, and pragmatically that social policies needed the private economy to produce wealth.
- gghhzzgghhzz 4y agoThe 2017 Corbyn manifesto was praised by Polly Toynbee of all people for goodness sake! https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/11/leaked-labour-manifesto-cornucopia-delights-tories-jeremy-corbyn-theresa-may https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/11/leaked...
- andrekandre 4y ago> Blair saw that the centre left was politically the best bet, and pragmatically that social policies needed the private economy to produce wealth. in the end, what happened to the produced wealth? is everyone doing much better now than then?