Thread by @danhind

I wonder how many people who voted Conservative in 2015 to avoid "chaos with Ed Miliband" still think that the problem with British politics is that someone else is being manipulated.

I wonder how many people who couldn't bring themselves to vote for the Labour Party under Corbyn because it was structurally racist still think the problem with the British politics is that someone else is being manipulated.

The UK's system of political communications leaves *us all* intensely vulnerable to manipulation by well-funded and self-serving actors. They dominate political parties and media operations. They understand the stakes and they are ruthless in protecting their privileges.

Congratulations if you can spot the scam being run on other people. But you're being scammed too. That's how this works. Until we unite around a democratic programme of #mediareform in numbers sufficient to overwhelm this oligarchy we will all remain vulnerable.

You won't hear about democratic #mediareform in those media operations that have a stake in the oligarchy. You're unlikely to hear about it on the platforms. But it exists. It's there for you once you have stopped thinking that all this is Putin's fault. newsocialist.org.uk/building-socia…