Researcher Clarke suggests that left politics is often characterised by “a form of tribalism, which treats the political spectrum as a moral spectrum. This approach assumes the left is where virtue lies, and that self-interest and spite are the only reasons why anyone would take a different view.”

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[–]Fiyanggu 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Leftists have thin skin and reject that any opinion but theirs can be true. They can somehow ignore the failings of government all around them in the form of crime and theft and rebrand it as "unplanned donation". And they even manage to keep descriptions of violent thugs out of the news for fear of fanning racism. They cloak themselves in virtue and milk the system for power and money. Everything they run is run into the ground. Just look at Democrat run large cities.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

They cloak themselves in virtue and milk the system for power and money. Everything they run is run into the ground.

You think Labour left are milking power and money? They haven't held the government in over a decade? How much power do you think they're milking?

Just look at Democrat run large cities.

What's the relationship between Democrat run large cities, and Corbynism?

[–]Chipit[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Labour controls London and many other cities. Moreover they have the BBC and other major media outlets constantly supporting their side and trashing the conservatives. Hell, the only reason the conservatives have any political power at all is that we're still allowed to vote. Otherwise it would be a one-party tyranny - much like the Democrat-run hellholes in the US. The last Republican mayor of Detroit was in the 1950s.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Labour controls London and many other cities.

And you think the local body politics is influenced by Corbynism, and milks power that way? Big call.

Moreover they have the BBC and other major media outlets constantly supporting their side and trashing the conservatives.

With the rise of Russian influenced native advertising in the tabloid and Murdoch press, the centre left has drifted towards the reporting of state run media outlets that aren't influenced by the money for lies paradigm.

Hell, the only reason the conservatives have any political power at all is that we're still allowed to vote.

And Rupert can sell who a lot of people vote for to the highest payer, who has been Russian or Saudi oligarchs for a while now.

[–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Who said Corbynism? Labour is the topic here. Nice attempt to change the subject. I see what you did there.

Oh come on...TEH ROOSHINS? Seriously? We're going to drag the ghost of McCarthy out of his grave and start with that again? Be sure to check under your bed for ROOSHINS tonight before you go to bed. They could be anywhere!

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Who said Corbynism

The article.