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For the next few days, socialists are going to be feeling very grim about the prospects of seeing social, economic and political justice in our lifetime. But the most dangerous delusion the left can hold right now is that we're weak. We are the strongest we have been for 40 years https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1204460519278563328
It started at Millbank Tower and with Occupy Wall Street, and it exploded with Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders. Gen Z and Millennials are more left wing than any generation since the 1960s, with a third of Millennials having a positive view of 'Communism'.
In 2017, a socialist came within 2,000 votes of being Prime Minister. That is enormous and should NEVER be understated. Ten, fifteen, twenty years ago that would have been unthinkable. It can't be forgotten how much of a wilderness the left was in between 1980s-2015
In 2020, a self professed socialist was the favourite for a time to be the nominee of a major party for the most powerful office on Earth.
In the macro sense, these things literally just happened. That enthusiasm and appetite for change is still there.
In the macro sense, these things literally just happened. That enthusiasm and appetite for change is still there.
Late stage neoliberal capitalism will continue to get worse. Wages will stagnate, housing and retail inflation will increase, the climate crisis will get worse.
Keir Starmer, Boris Johnson, Joe Biden, the Labour and Democrat right - they don't have the answers to these crises.
Keir Starmer, Boris Johnson, Joe Biden, the Labour and Democrat right - they don't have the answers to these crises.
In the space of five years, which in the macro sense is absolutely no time at all, we have cast socialism as a main character in the political theatre.
If we were not strong, Keir Starmer and Joe Biden would not be trying so damn hard to get rid of us.
If we were not strong, Keir Starmer and Joe Biden would not be trying so damn hard to get rid of us.
It is right to be saddened by 2020 and 2019, but I think they must be viewed for what they are: speedbumps.
The left will continue to grow*, as it did skyrocket between 2015-2020.
*As long as we don't delude ourselves into thinking we are weak and feeble.
The left will continue to grow*, as it did skyrocket between 2015-2020.
*As long as we don't delude ourselves into thinking we are weak and feeble.
If we were not a threat to the establishment, they would not be trying to vilify us through every route imaginable, trying to drive us out of institutions and making the world as hostile as possible. It wouldn't be necessary.
It's fine to be sad, but don't be a doomer. Look at it on the macro scale. The people who catalysed Corbyns rise, catalysed Sanders rise, who took over Millbank Tower and occupied Wall Street - they're all still here; and all still crying out for socialism.
