Targeted ads are one of the world's most destructive trends

Re:Targeted ads are one of the world's most destructive trends by NeedMoreTea on Saturday November 09, 2019 @03:15PM (#21494029)

Guardian are UK based. The far left in the UK barely exist, or at least are spread so thin they barely matter. There's dozens (hundreds?) of fringe groups still, and sub-groups within Labour.

The right seem to have had their Internet act rather more together - whether the ERG wing of the Tories, UKIP, or the outright fascist Britain First. Or at least slightly less inclined to split into the People's Front of Judea, Judean People's Front, Popular Judean People's Front - membership of one, etc.

Maybe a better question is why the far left haven't been able to replicate what might seem pretty obvious for a fringe group? I suspect in other parts of Europe they are doing much better at it...

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Re:Targeted ads are one of the world's most destructive trends by goatinaboat on Saturday November 09, 2019 @03:24PM (#21494087)

The far left in the UK barely exist, or at least are spread so thin they barely matter.

I don’t want to get into an ideological flamewar (hello dang!) but this factually isn’t true. Momentum have gotten so out of hand that even Tom Watson is telling people to vote for BoJo now.

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Re:Targeted ads are one of the world's most destructive trends by NeedMoreTea on Saturday November 09, 2019 @03:35PM (#21494174)

Compared to the fun times of Labour in the sixties and seventies. Or early eighties Trotskyite Militant Tendency, with all the "fun" councils and leaders like Derek Hatton - and Blunkett - once leader of strike supporting Sheffield council - a nuclear free city (lol), who now tries to position himself as a moderate. They used to be in the news pretty much every day (well it felt that way).

Momentum aren't even in the same league. They are far less influential than Militant were, or the ERG within the Tories. The majority of the MPs aren't supporters. Tom Watson more likely takes issue with Corbyn's impossible dance with Brexit, and the clique around Corbyn - at heart Corbyn wants to leave too, or the failed attempt to oust him.

Momentum appears to be a mostly failed attempt to recreate those Militant days, except they are a far less successful parasite.

https://www.publicfinance.co.uk/feature/2018/10/liverpool-19...

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Re:Targeted ads are one of the world's most destructive trends by goatinaboat on Saturday November 09, 2019 @03:41PM (#21494216)

Thanks to Milliband’s £3 memberships Momentum Entryists absolutely dominate any internal Labour decision making to an extent that Militant never did - most of them were booted out of Labour anyway, but can you ever imagine Labour ejecting Corbyn’s inner circle?

Anyway I am just making observations here, not trying to start an argument :-)

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