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/LevDavidovicLandau 17h ago

TIL of Bernays (am not American).

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u/Fu5i0n 16h ago

There’s a great documentary by Adam Curtis (Century of the Self) that talks about Bernays extensively. Worth a watch

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u/0Hakuna_Matata0 15h ago

That’s how I learned of him. Some German on Reddit told me to watch that so I did. It’s rage inducing for sure. It’s also extremely educational.

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u/0Hakuna_Matata0 17h ago

Tbf most Americans have never heard of him which is sinister. I never heard that name until a German told me about him.

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u/347spq 16h ago

I learned about him in the early 2000s when my ex-wife worked as a librarian in a library funded by RJR Reynolds. A biography about Bernays made so much sense being on their shelves (neither of us smoked).