It may seem wonderful now. But the masses can move left in a hurry. It is NEVER good for a crazy radical to gain any sort of control.
I remember GOP pundits here gloating over the liberals electing Pelosi as their House leader. They figured she was so radical that it would blight their party for a long time. HA! We have been sprinting left ever since. I am not saying that was necessarily the beginning of the sprint. Maybe it was just a sign. I am saying that rejoicing over their future defeat is mere wishful thinking. There needs to be a major effort to stop this trend. TAKE IT VERY VERY SERIOUSLY.
The flaw in that thinking on Pelosi is few people really care who the Congressional leaders are, they don’t even know who they are. Even still, while she did rise to Speaker because the GOP became unpopular at the end of Bush’s Presidency, she became an albatross around the necks of democrats in GOP-leaning districts, almost of all whom have been defeated since then. Don’t forget, the democrats are at an 85 year low point in the House. And really since the groupthink in the democrat party is so strong, there is hardly any ideological difference between any of their top people. Steny Hoyer would be just as bad as Pelsoi.
This guy Corybn appears to me to be a non-viable candidate for Prime Minister, and that’s great news. Imagine if Barbara Lee was nominated by the democrats for President, it would mean a Republican landslide. It’s always best that opposition picks the worst candidates possible, to minimize the chance of them winning.
I see a 5% chance of a lunatic like Corybn gaining power as much better than a 45% chance of more mainstream Labour scumbag (who would do the majority of the nasty things Corybn would do) gaining power. Risk/reward.
Even if he were to win, his polices would almost guarantee failure and a reversal in the next election.
Free candy is a tempting offer. Even many adults these days don’t understand why we can’t magically have an endless supply of free stuff.