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A very interesting discussion however I’d posit that Labour’s present woes haven’t solely arisen from internal contradictions but also external factors including the forces of globalised capital, the emergence of Neoliberalism as an economic and political force commensurate with globalisation, increasing automation and a broader cultural infantilisation peddled by the media.
Labour’s failings arise from its founding Social Democratic principles. The contradictions were baked into the cake from the beginning. The accommodation of the capitalism and the attempt to soften its sharp edges simply helped paved the way for the disintegration of the working class as a collectivist identity that Rundle speaks of.
I’m looking up anti belivian too Cathy. I replayed to attempt write it down.Think I’ve got it wrong. Other one was urasia is that in Eurasia how would Abbott know about that? Tapped up w gaffa, gr8.