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Originally Posted by Chris
When people talk about the 70s in this context, I think it's the turbulence and economic stagnation of the decade they're thinking of, rather than it being a step back in time per se.
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I really don't think so, frankly. It's an oft stated viewpoint on here and elsewhere and very rarely have I seen that as a reason, rather his views are merely from the 70's, thus bad. It's a legitimate point of course, however given the fact that we have suffered 2 comparable recessions since under doctrines of the centre to centre right then it's a bit moot.
Our economy has been battered, bruised and somehow managed to recover no matter who is in charge. As I said before, I am anti-nationalisation and do not believe that economic restriction that Corbyn prefers will help our economy.
Funnily enough, I think this may trip up Cameron in the EU referendum. Those on the left are generally anti-EU, because aside from the awful CAP, they (especially the EC) believe in free trade (Hence the TTIP) and abolition, rather than creation of nationalised industry and Corbyn frankly may favour an exit of the EU.
Corbyn may really want to lower inequality, and firmly believe that he can achieve it. However he should not do that by destroying wealth, as his policies seem wont to do. His challenge is to make sure not to destroy employment by trying to control the economy, especially private enterprise.