Comments by "Awesome Avenger" (@awesomeavenger2810) on "Cuts, anger, frustration – and Labour still can’t break through | Anywhere but Westminster" video.

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You don't get it, do you? People just don't believe Commissar Corbyn has a miracle economic plan that allows the country to spend shit loads of cash that it doesn't have! Corbyn has never run anything in his entire worthless career! You're complaining about the paintwork in your local park. But you'll have far more to worry about if Corbyn trashes the economy for a generation. And then, of course, there's the fact that he is friends with the IRA...
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Didn't you hear? Commissar Corbyn has a miracle economic plan. Based on the Venezuelan model.
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See now that's the problem. If you are trying to offer me something better, you have to win the argument. But you can't. You just revert to hysterical accusations and think that will be enough. But it's not. People just don't like or trust Corbyn. He's nothing but a populist promising what he can't deliver. And most sane people realise this. Which is why the labour party will be wiped out. Pity. But it brought it on itself.
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The deluge of abuse hurled at Commissar Corbyn is more than warranted. What, did you think you could elect a leader of the labour party who had sympathy with the IRA and no one would notice? And at what point did you think it would be ok for the shadow chancellor to make a speech in front of a communist flag? Can you imagine if a tory had made a speech in front of a nazi flag? Are you nuts? People are against him because of that, and his policies. They don't believe you. You can go asking questions of people on the street like ''do you think the NHS should have more investment?'' They can say yes. But that doesn't mean they support his policies. It's like a wish list. It's like asking ''Do you want to pay less tax?'' The problem with too many people on the left (especially now) is that they think good intentions score points. They don't. All the main parties have good intentions. But while you parade your virtue around the place like somehow everyone else is less then human, people are entitled to ask if what you promise is reality. Or whether its just desperation. Corbyn represents the decline of the left. The avoidance of responsibility. And the unwillingness to take hard but necessary decisions. For example, take his foreign policy. Apart from the meaningless statement of 'no more wars', what is it? What would he have done in Libya? Do you know? Would he have stood by and done nothing as Gaddafi descended like the wrath of god on Benghazi? I don't know if you've ever seen the old film of the last US troops to leave Vietnam. The people desperately trying to hang on to the last few choppers to take off. Falling back into the crowd. But I'd imagine the worlds media would've been in Benghazi and we'd have all witnessed a repeat. What is his policy on Syria? Does he even know? Because waving anti-war banners around while you stand beside Galloway isn't a substitute for a realistic foreign policy. It's like the entire shadow cabinet is made up of adolescent kids. Like waving banners around has suddenly replaced having a plan. The real reason that the left won't fight for its principles is because they have abandoned them. How can you fight for something that you no longer believe in? The Iraq war fucked the labour party up. Because rather than doing what was right, and that was to support it once it was under way, they took the easy way out and chose opposition, simply to spite Bush and Blair. And now they are paralyzed by inaction. Having a policy or making an unpopular but necessary decision is beyond them. Because there will always be repercussions. Corbyn could never make a decision on action in Libya or Syria, because if he did his own words would be thrown back in his face. Hilary Ben was the last gasp of the principled labour party. Before the rot truly set in. Now I truly believe that labour don't want power. Because they don't want the responsibility.
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Oh, yeah. Because Commissar IRA Commander Corbyn is gonna attract investment by putting up corporation tax! Good plan XD
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Wow. Who knew ending wars was as easy as 'stop pissing people off'? How would that work then? Like, in Syria? Or Libya? Or Afghanistan? Because us desperately not pissing people off won't stop the bad guys there, will it? Oh, shit! I made a moral judgement! I said 'Bad Guys'! I forgot it's all relative now, yes? Don't want to be culturally imperialist! Someone comes along and takes your kids away to force them to fight for the Jihadist cause, who are we to say that's not right? And, yeah. It has to be the fault of the west. Because there was no history anywhere in the world until the west arrived. No wars. No conflict. Nothing. It was a haven of tranquillity. And then there's the age old Leftist conspiracy: It's all down to those evil capitalists. Funnily enough, that was what many on the far left said about fighting Hitler. The fact that dictators like Saddam, Gaddafi, and Assad, were armed, not by the west, but by the soviets isn't important. In fact, if you were to look at the countries effected by the Arab Spring you would notice that the regimes that were closest to the west (Tunisia, Egypt) managed to avoid war (Tunisia removed their dictator, Egypt still has a way to go). Whereas, those regimes where the west had no influence at all (Iran, Syria, Libya) either erupted into all out war or the Arab Spring was quickly stamped out. I suggest that if you were in Syria or Benghazi, and you heard that ISIS or Gaddafi was on his way to your town, you would not see the fight against them as 'expanding wars'. You talk as if there is no cost to inaction. But there is. History shows us there is. Corbyn may think he can try diplomacy. But what has he got that ISIS or Gaddafi or Assad can't take? Do you think these people are playing? Dangerously naive. In the meantime I would rather have a party that will make necessary decisions. Unpopular, but necessary realistic decisions. Because I don't want the country to get worse. And it can. If you think we have austerity now, take a look at Greece. Go take a look at Venezuela. Because wringing your hands over mass unemployment and hospitals running out of drugs, and food riots won't make any difference to reality then.
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It could very well be that the Conservatives are an evil subhuman species that lack normal human empathy, and who want to kill off as many people as possible. Just because. Or, it could actually be down to the fact that this country has massive debts. And in order for our economy not to collapse completely, we need to be making cuts. I have no idea what documentary you are talking about. But nothing you have said refutes my claim. In Syria you have a war that has gone on for six years. Because not only does Iran back Assad, but also Russia. And those countries have no interest in the rights of their own citizens. Let alone the rights of others. ''...Question, if you or your kids got drafted into a war that you didn't agree with... as in WW2, any able bodied man over a certain age is now in the war... isn't it the same?'' In asking that question, you have proved my earlier point. That the left now stands for nothing. To you, fighting for ISIS or the Taliban is basically the same thing as fighting against fascism. You are unable to make a moral judgement between the two. As, to you, all morality is subjective. So now you cannot see the difference between fighting against fascism. And fighting for fascism. Because to pick a side, and to make a moral judgement, would require you to admit that sacrifice for the greater good (in this case, safeguarding our rights and freedoms against political or religious fascism), is sometimes a necessity. Your logic is driven by the need to avoid necessary sacrifice. So to you, all things are negotiable. They must be. You believe that you can negotiate with ISIS or the Taliban, or fascism in general, because to fight against them would require you to make a moral judgement against them. And to follow that judgement thro. At which point there would be consequences. And you'll do anything to avoid responsibility for the consequences. Of course, it goes without saying that in the above case, you expect it to be others who live with the consequences of negotiation with the Taliban or with ISIS, rather than you (the Afghans or the Libyans or the Syrians). It's enough for you to mention Saudi Arabia for your conscience to be clear. The fight is going on in Afghanistan and Syria and Libya, but you can't get involved there because you say we'd have to declare war on Saudi Arabia as well (???). Any excuse. Unfortunately, when it comes to the economic consequences of ignoring the massive debt we are in today, there is no negotiation. You are dealing with economic reality. The numbers do not add up. And no matter how much you plead or beg or how often you point out the rusted paintwork in your local park, the numbers will still not add up. You can't avoid this one. You might like to think we can. You might like to think that everyone can have everything, and we can all go on spending what we do not have and there will be no consequences. But I don't believe you. And thankfully most people agree with me. Because we know that 'sorry, we got it wrong' won't undo the consequences of you doing nothing. As usual.
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I could never vote labour while Corbyn is leader. And I won't until the stain has been washed out.
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