Basically, among the young people who supported Corbyn at least. It was interesting to hear Yanis Varoufakis talking about how he'd spoken to top bankers about McDonnell's policies such as a national investment bank, and they'd just admit that these policies were good but they disliked McDonnell because of his marxism
I wouldn’t say hugely, but they are still popular among a left-wing minority - mainly made up of young people. Most ‘average’ people I’ve spoken to find his views/policies too extreme.
McDonnell, who was sacked by Ken Livingston from Chairman of the GLC’s Finance Committee, for fiddling the figures and lying. McDonnell who has decried democracy and calls for public insurrection…..mmmmmmmmm.
@@jwmk2000 And kill tens of millions of people, whilst capitalism has lifted more people out of poverty than any other system in the history of the world.
I wouldn't call them Marxists. Their idea of socialism is essentially capitalism with socialist characteristics. There would be no democratic centralism, no planned economy, the monarchy would still be there
@@gentleman4232 I mean you realize we could apply this exact same logic to capitalism tho, no ? 100s of millions if not more dead to colonialism, imperialist wars (which are literally capitalism in expansion as it looks for new markets to exploit) not to the mention 100s of millions more dead to poverty and exploitation brought on by the market and the corporations operating within them. Also if we’re measuring systems’ success based on material benefit and economic growth, then surely the USSR is the best system, by your logic atleast, since the pace of its economic development and the rate at which it pulled the propel of the Soviet Union out of poverty far outstrips anything any capitalist system has done ?
@@jwmk2000 whatabout, whatabout! Where is your specific data regarding “100’s of millions dead” due to capitalism, it’s just assumption on your part. Capitalism is traced back to the beginning of the 18th century and, unlike deaths from communism, there is little or no specific/reliable data as to deaths directly and deliberately caused by capitalism. It is facile to blame all wars and colonialism for deaths. Your approach appears to be that ALL deaths NOT caused by communism must have been caused by capitalism.
