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Amishman

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11. The platform he was pushing was very transformative - nationalizing utilities

Reply to leftstreet (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 13, 2019, 07:11 AM

Dec 2019

plus rail and some telecoms.

Plus massive spending, which was criticized as to how to pay for it (sound familiar?)

If there is a lesson to learn, it is that charisma matters (especially broad appeal) and that incrementalism is a better tactic than promising total transformation

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The UK election offers a valuable lesson: hardline Far Left activism can be politically fatal. [View all] ArtTownsend Dec 2019 OP

Labour was split on Brexit RandySF Dec 2019 #1

Yup, but Brexit can't be stopped. ArtTownsend Dec 2019 #2

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Corbyn is hardly a "far left" politician. Jeesus n/t leftstreet Dec 2019 #3

The platform he was pushing was very transformative - nationalizing utilities Amishman Dec 2019 #11

He was literally talking about nationalizing industries Recursion Dec 2019 #16

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Right. Straw Man Dec 2019 #5

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Ummmmmmm, no, this was a Brexit vote, plain and simple, n/t Baclava Dec 2019 #9

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Its evidence that the relentless stupid we see here Cosmocat Dec 2019 #10

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