When it comes to commenting on societal matters I think it's vital not to segregate yourself in a convoluted, academic, drawn-out and abstract verbal bubble.
It's also important to take control of knowledge where possible and to have the confidence to talk about matters without necessarily having a university degree in them. This is where the internet can be so brilliant and inspiring.
When it comes to Jeremy Corbyn I think the important things to remember are that he and his party want to reinvigorate the NHS, are anti-austerity, anti-privatisation of public services and have a thoroughly empathetic, sensitive, caring and forward-looking approach to foreign policy.
There are obviously a lot of complexities involved but honestly, at this point in time, the latter points are the things that matter. They are policies and attitudes that actually want to alleviate concrete issues happening right now.
It's easy for a commentator who isn't affected by disability work assessments, who doesn't have to go to a food bank, who isn't a Syrian whose family has been killed by US airstrikes or a Yemeni mother whose children have been killed by UK weapons to criticise Corbyn for pointless, abstract or trivial matters.
The elite and their vicious media chums have really done a number on the world population. They seem to have taken away an ability to empathise, emotionally connect and think freely about the world. In this sense, in the sense of how our minds work, we are caged and imprisoned.
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