Bill Mitchell — The Europhile Left Loses The Plot

Regular readers volition know that I convey delved into social psychology inwards the concluding decade or together with therefore every bit a means of educating myself on why ideas live when their logical consistency is lacking together with their empirical content is zero. I convey gained a proficient agreement of this phenomenon past times exploring the literature on patterned grouping demeanour together with the function past times Irving Janis inwards the early on 1970s on Groupthink. While I unremarkably demonstrate instances of this destructive grouping demeanour on the purpose of the Right, it is too clear that that the Europhile Left is riddled amongst the problem. To the indicate of non fifty-fifty valuing ground anymore. At the weekend (April 29, 2018), the first-class Jacobin magazine published an Op Ed slice past times myself together with Thomas Fazi – Why the Left Should Embrace Brexit – which considered the Brexit number together with provided an up-to-date (with the data) illustration against the on-going hysteria that UK of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland is virtually to autumn off simply about massive cliff every bit a resultant of its democratically-arrived at conclusion to leave of absence the neoliberal contrivance that the EU has become. The article was rather moderate inwards fact together with considered the on-going failure of the apocalyptic arguments that convey been introduced against Brexit, both earlier together with afterward the Referendum. But the social media reply (negative) has been at elevated levels of hysteria. Inane claims. Groupthink inwards action. And it is why the progressive drive is such a force over past times the organised Right.

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The Europhile Left loses the plot
Bill Mitchell | Professor inwards Economics together with Director of the Centre of Full Employment together with Equity (CofFEE), at University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia