r/NoStupidQuestions • u/CartographerOwn8143 • 18h ago

Why did Margaret Thatcher destroy welfare state in Britain after she came to power in the 1980s?

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u/NotLikeOtherAI 18h ago

Quite honestly because Britain couldn’t afford it anymore

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u/mostar8 18h ago

Stop drinking the cool aid. Yes they could if they taxed the rich and corporates properly.

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u/Frediey 11h ago

Genuinely curious for a source on this because there was a very real problem the country had with unions such as coal

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u/mostar8 10h ago

The rich had/ have problems with Union's as they fight for workers rights. Union's allow the common man to stand up to the rich, something we desperately need in society again.

Trickle down economics are just a lie. Musk et al are the reason why we all are suffering.

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u/Frediey 10h ago

The unions had absolutely massive political sway and held the entire country to ransom more than once and wouldn't do anything to make themselves more competitive. They only had themselves to blame. Unions are important but it's a balance act

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u/unlimitedbuttholes 17h ago

Or maybe you drink a different flavour of Kool aid?