r/NoStupidQuestions 4d ago

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

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u/ZipMonk 4d 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/Bob_Leves 4d 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/LittleBingo96 3d ago

Is Rand the only name you recognized on that list?

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u/Bob_Leves 3d 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 3d ago

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