Corbyn has great intentions but is a hard sell in the world of politics by social media, image and presentation. Very few people review actual policies and very many take the bait of a simple single issue. In the UK the Nazi Farage is gaining ground by avoiding anything difficult other than a "simple solution".

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Farage is being offered a platform by corporate and state media. It's not just that people are fools.

[–] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago

Exactly. Over the last ten years Farage has been on Question Time over 40 times. Corbyn once. And during that time he came within a hair of being Primeminister whilst Farage had less than five MPs total. Farage is a creation of the media & the British establisment.

[–] built_on_hope@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

I disagree. I was in that wave of Corbyn supporters in 2015 and I remember the genuine enthusiasm for him even from apolitical people. Never forget how well he performed against May despite most of his own party campaigning against him. Dismissing people as uninformed idiots is diminishing the effect of the united, extreme, and relentless efforts made by the media to both smear Jeremy and direct people towards right wing “populists”.