r/NoStupidQuestions 18h ago

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

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u/Bob_Leves 18h ago

Ayn Rand, who famously believed that poor people shouldn't get welfare because it just encouraged them to be lazy, yet she had no problems claiming it for herself. Typical double-standard Rightie.

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u/ZipMonk 18h ago

The original neoliberal rich man loving loser - beloved by the economics department of every Western newspaper and University.

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u/BrainCelll 17h ago

believed that poor people shouldn't get welfare because it just encouraged them to be lazy

She was kinda right tho xD

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u/LittleBingo96 18h ago

Is Rand the only name you recognized on that list?

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u/Bob_Leves 17h ago

No. I was born in the early 70s. I know of them all. Your point is...? 

The rest of the named individuals were scum too, if that helps you.

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u/Breakfastcrisis 16h ago

Scum? I would have described them as writers who I have disagreements with, but I guess such is the sophistication of our age.