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In reply to the discussion: Can we craft a stronger economic justice message WITHOUT throwing anyone under the bus? [View all]Sen. Walter Sobchak
(8,692 posts)The Opposition in the UK at the moment might as well be The Guardian, Corbyn is nearly invisible on a day to day basis. The duty of the Opposition leader is to lead a government in waiting. Corbyn is incapable of this. A third of those who supported Ed Miliband in the last election have just disappeared. I was in England last week when Labour lost a byelection and placed fourth. This does not work, what Corbyn has created doesn't work and there is nobody who can leverage it in a way that does, it is Bernie Broism to the nth degree.
Post-War European socialism is dead and buried and has been for decades, Corbyn isn't going to turn that around no matter how many former members of the Communist Party rush to his side. When Labour finds their feet it will be as a party advocating for re-engagement with Europe, not re-nationalizing the railroads.
The world has changed, you can't run an economy where a third of the labor is employed by the state-owned railroad, airline and phone company and all go on strike every six months. You can't have an unemployment rate in the mid-teens for perpetuity and you can't throw money into a black hole for perpetuity either.
I would say the fundamental difference between the center left and center right globally is probably their approach to or embrace of unions and taxation. Other issues there isn't tremendous differences such healthcare and most social issues. There is no cause what-so-ever that is better served by the left being in the political wilderness.