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red [he/him]
Thanks for the link. I know a Corbynite government wouldn’t have solved all our problems, but the five years of opposition we got from him moved socialism back into the political limelight. Even if harm reduction and shifting the Overton Window is the most electoralism can do, I think it’s worth somewhat supporting for that, but I can absolutely see why you’d think differently.
I think you’re seeing electoralism as all-or-nothing. Socialism isn’t a fight that can be won on a single front, so devoting either all or none of your energy to electoralism is useless. I’m happy to continue to promote socialism within Labour, but supporting Labour isn’t the entirety of my political engagement.
I considered it when the report about internal sabotage got leaked as well. What convinced me was one sniveling comment on Twitter by some Blairite saying they hoped we all left. It reminded me that we can actually take control of the party again. These are terrible setbacks, but this just shows how much progress we’ve made in the last five years. Save for something monumental and unforseen, Labour is still the only chance Britain has of socialism, so I’ll play the electoralism game.