Comments by "" (@thehumanity0) on "Elites: Corbyn's Loss Means Bernie Can't Win" video.

Jeremy Corbyn polled low, however his policies (the thing that neoliberals are claiming lost the election) were very popular, the reason why Corbyn continuously tried to focus the election on the NHS, his green initiative, ending austerity, and tried to shift focus AWAY from Brexit. If nobody is explaining this to you it's because they're weaponizing this loss against Leftism.
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Neoliberals fail to tell you that Corbyn's platform and "far left" manifesto were very popular and polled extremely well. It's why he tried HARD to shift the focus towards his other policies and away from Brexit. Anyone telling you it was "because of his platform" is totally trying to misinform you.
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Tony Wilson Corbyn's platform was not "confusing" or "convoluted", his policies polled extremely well and what British people said in regards to a green initiative and ending austerity was overwhelmingly positive. Ffs, Corbyn tried desperately to try to focus the election on preserving NHS and stopping the spread of privatization. He tried to divert attention away from Brexit, the one black hole issue that was his downfall along with the antisemitism garbage to a much lesser extent.
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Tony Wilson I think what you're touching on is totally different than the quality and content of his actual manifesto however. If you're suggesting that Corbyn wasn't concise enough with his messaging, I completely agree with you on that point. I just don't think it had much at all to do with going "too far left"; it was far more about the focus of this particular election, the state of British politics due to their drawn out conflict over Brexit, Labour's perceived waffling and "fence sitting" on the issue, and the Tories ability to capitalize on Labour's biggest weakness by only focusing on Brexit. The Tories did have a concise and clear message, which was "Get Brexit Done". If what you're saying is primarily about messaging, I agree with you to an extent, but we shouldn't let that totally dictate policy. I also strongly believe the indistinct messaging was only a portion of the problem, while Brexit clearly being the lose-lose issue for Labour that hurt the party the most. The main indicator for this was that Corbyn and Labour largely won their last election using nearly the same platform as this time. The one issue that was noticeably different this time around was Labour's position on Brexit. Not many people are talking about this, but Corbyn sided with leaving the EU in the last election. Despite objections from his base, Labour ended up winning a large number of seats, and this was primarily due to Brexit being popular among battleground seats that Labour needed to win politically. Fast-forward to the 2019 election, Labour decides to switch their position on Brexit and suddenly they get wiped out in those seats that were clearly pro-Brexit, in which a large portion of the Labour vote went to the Brexit party instead. Based on the data, this was a very distinguishable reason for Labour's loss.
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- Elizabeth Warren waffles on Medicare for All and tanks in polls Neoliberals: This shows people dislike Progressivism! - Corbyn waffles on Brexit and was never up in the polls Neoliberals: This shows the Left can't win! It's almost like no matter what happens, their answer will have 0 nuance and always be the same.
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Lol though when Corbyn WON seats in his last election, a huge win for labour, that.. that had nothing to do with leftism. This time Corbyn changes his position on Brexit and seen as a "fence sitter" and waffling on a policy that swallowed their entire political discourse, all of a sudden "It's because he was too far left!". These people have the brains of a gnat.
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