Whether betrayed workers turn left or right depends on available political outlets

Evidence

In England, as in Scotland, it was Blairism’s taking for granted and abandonment of its working-class base that produced the sense of betrayal which led to so many former Labour supporters losing patience with the party on Thursday. In Scotland, the response to betrayal took a progressive form; in England, it assumed a reactionary mode. Partly, this is because there was no progressive outlet available in England. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1852

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Disengagement from elections benefits the right, not the left — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1780; Left-wing political attitudes functioned as vicarious satisfaction for workers otherwise conforming to class society — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 135; Publishing left-wing workers’ conformist psychology would have aided the right politically — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 475 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Publishing left-wing workers’ conformist psychology would have aided the right politically #exemplifies (0.82) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 475
• Left-wing political attitudes functioned as vicarious satisfaction for workers otherwise conforming to class society #exemplifies (0.78) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 135
• A processual perspective links specific conditions to workers’ political recognition capacities. #expands (0.76) — Donatella della Porta et al., Mobilizing Against the Odds, 120
• Disengagement from elections benefits the right, not the left #qualifies (0.74) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1780
• Political fragmentation weakens easy left-right orientation #qualifies (0.71) — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”, 10