• VanityTheRed@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 years ago

    It’s always interesting to think how far left ‘left-wing’ celebrities/politicians are. I often wonder how far left Corbyn actually is for example. He says a lot of thing which go way beyond the average socdem

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      2 years ago

      He’s an open socialist but he screwed up his chances by being too open about it and doing political suicide stuff like meeting literal terrorists, and his anti-vax brother doesnt help.

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        2 years ago

        He’s definitely a socialist but I’m not sure exactly how far. I think his choices were as you say ‘political suicide’ or basically becoming Bernie which isn’t ideal. He made the best decision from what he had, it’s better to be a dissenting voice in parliament than an ineffectual Prime Minister. Ultimately the political establishment would never allow real change as we all know and I only hope Corbyn trying that path and failing radicalised some would-be socdems.