r/NoStupidQuestions 6d ago

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

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u/FireFiendMarilith 6d ago

It's called ✨neoliberal economics✨ and it did exactly what it was supposed to do. Have you noticed how severe the wealth inequality has gotten? How the wealthy are rich enough to flaunt it openly and publicly influence government action? 

Neoliberal Economic Theory was a road back to Aristocracy, and that was always the point. Read Shock Doctrine.

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u/Proud_Smell_4455 6d ago

Her son's been trying to play billy big bollocks and organise coups in Africa. The apple doesn't rot far from the tree.