Nick Reeves #FBPA #FBPE #PATH #ProgressiveAlliance
12 Oct,
4 tweets, 1 min read
1/ For a social class to be a political force requires much more than people being in similar economic circumstances. It requires well developed communities and a web of organisations linking them to a political party. In the British politics these have crumbled.
2/ Deindustrialisation has shattered the working class communities and organisations that formed the backbone of the Labour party. Disorientated voters are now clinging to the fake community of tribal nationalism, and the Tories are taking full advantage. sussexbylines.co.uk/un-divide-to-c…
3/ If we don't understand the political impact of deindustrialisation, then we will be stumbling around in the dark, unable to formulate strategies to deal with a radically and irrevocably transformed political landscape.
4/ If people share common economic circumstances but lack coherent communities and social and political organisations then their yearning for a strong community leaves them open to being manipulated by cynical politicians offering the bogus community of tribal nationalism.
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