I'm baffled by this strain of thinking (which came up during the Great Slate too) that getting people talking and engaged is some inherent good that should be pursued independent of electoral outcomes. There will never be a more fitting or appropriate time to vilify Momentum.https://twitter.com/sarahljaffe/status/1205776766780006400 …
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Replying to @Pinboard
There are two things here. One is that Corbynism/Momentum engaged a huge population of new activists. The other is that they entered a party whose voters didn’t agree.
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There should be space for both in our politics, if not necessarily in the Labour Party.
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This is kind of a dynamic I worry about in our own (U.S.) politics where what fires up activists actually antagonizes voters
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Right. Activists are almost guaranteed to be more radical than average.
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Yeah. It's the way that combines with highly polarized politics that concerns me. You end up a very long distance away from persuadable voters, and your only hope is that the other side went on a journey that's equally nuts in their direction.
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