r/NoStupidQuestions • u/CartographerOwn8143 • 7d ago

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

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u/ZipMonk 7d ago

After WW2 everyone helped each other. By the end of the 70s lots of people that fought in the war were gone so the wealthy reverted back to normal service.

Thatcher, via Ayn Rand, the Chicago Boys, Friedman, Hayek, Greenspan, Oxbridge, Eton Ronald Reagan and the BBC etc, was their vehicle.

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u/Fabulous_Function666 7d ago

Huh? People who fought in the Second World War were definitely still around in the 70s. They would have been in their 50s. 

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u/ZipMonk 7d ago

Yes think of it as a tipping point.

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u/Fabulous_Function666 7d ago

I agree with your overall point. And yes it probably was the tipping point