Corbyn And Trump: Same Story, Different Ending? | TheCritique Archives

Last Updated: October 11, 2016By

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If you don’t have Martin Odoni’s The Critique Archives blog bookmarked, you should.

His articles are excellent and this is a fine example, comparing the similarities between the political journeys of Donald Trump and Jeremy Corbyn – and suggesting that they are heading for very different endings.

Here’s a taste:

The recent experiences of Donald Trump and Jeremy Corbyn are surprisingly similar, given that one can hardly find any similarities between them as people.

Trump is a deafening, yobbish buffoon and reactionary sociopath, thin-of-skin, completely disrespectful of women and ethnic minorities, a serial liar on such an instinctive level that he appears unaware of whether he is telling the truth or not, a right-wing ignoramus who talks off the top of his head at all times.

Corbyn is a cool-headed, softly-spoken figure, quite wily and fairly knowledgeable, a controlled if not impressive speaker, respectful and polite to all, consistently leftist in his politics, and slow-to-anger, even when bombarded with abuse and distorting accusations. (Yes, Suzanne Moore, I’m talking about you.)

But with last week’s calamities for Trump resulting in his effective disownership by the Republican National Congress, his experience is starting to mirror Corbyn’s summer of turmoil with the failed ‘Chicken Coup‘ in the Parliamentary Labour Party.

The experiences of the two men appear to be parting ways at the present juncture; for while Corbyn is beginning to look completely impervious to any attempts at political betrayal, Trump’s position is in freefall.

It is remarkable that two such similar paths trodden by two such different people are set to have such radically different endings, but it is also remarkable how differently the similar odysseys are perceived.

Source: Corbyn And Trump: Same Story, Different Ending? | TheCritique Archives

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One Comment

  1. Martin Odoni October 12, 2016 at 11:08 am - Reply

    Thanks for the reblog.

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