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In 2015 after Jeremy Corbyn won the leadership, John McDonnell said that Socialism is no longer a word you have to whisper in Labour. Fighting talk, but the 2017 manifesto promised only limited nationalisations and the current direction is firmly for a mixed economy with some regulation and a few modest tax increases – in other words a solid social democratic agenda.
The painfully moderate nature of Labour’s politics leads to a strange cognitive dissonance where activists herald Corbyn’s Labour as both a huge left-wing breakthrough whilst also pointing out that it is no more radical than Norway in the 1980s. The notion of realigning Britain with social democracy in Europe seems refreshing considering the last 40 years of neoliberalism and a decade of austerity, but there is little indication that we are developing a critical appreciation of the problems and near-collapse of social democracy.
full: https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/corbynism-has-wasted-opportunity-to-transform-labour-and-democracy
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