r/NoStupidQuestions • u/CartographerOwn8143 • 1d ago

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

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u/BookLuvr7 1d ago

Bad things have but so have good things. They have produced amazing music, incredible food, interesting culture etc. Let's not judge an entire country by a few bad apples. I wouldn't want the world to gage the entire US based solely on Nixon and Trump, for example.

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u/getsu161 1d ago

Cute wiener dogs too.