I have few actual feelings on Jeremy Corbyn. He's not in my country, and the world is beset with right wing authoritarianism literally everywhere, and yet Corbyn, Corbyn, Corbyn, what about Corbyn? is the watchword of half the Jewish people I know over the age of 50 and they somehow find a way to react to scandals like this with 100x more outrage than they ever summoned for Trump or Netanyahu - as though they know in their bones that Corbyn is the only one of the three who would truly jeopardize their safety rather than the safety of others. BUT, I have dealt with Corbynites: and they are morons, they're crrrazy, they can justify literally anything in the name of their dear leader, and authoritarianism means literally nothing if they're not that.
But they're gone, they're powerless, there was never even much of a threat that they would take Downing St. Trump is still here, Putin is still here, Netanyahu is still here, Assad is still here, XI is still here, Erdogan, Orban, Duterte, Modi, Johnson... and they are all supporting each other, laying so much ground work to make America and the world itself live dictatorship for the rest of my parents' lifetimes and possibly for the rest of my lifetime.
This is the fight that matters. And no matter what happens next week, it's only just beginning.
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