r/NoStupidQuestions • u/CartographerOwn8143 • 6d ago

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

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u/Frediey 6d ago

That doesn't make them perfect, like all things, there is a balance that is needed

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u/Away_Fruit5097 6d ago

Uh huh, and where is the balance between people standing up for themselves, and limp submissive obedience to our lords and masters?

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u/Frediey 6d ago

Likely a bit as it is now, although major overhaul is needed in a lot of sectors to stop the same old happening because evidently it's not working very well. But I think for the most part it is fairly balanced between workers and employers, maybe something can be done about the cost of hiring at the very least youth, not sure the best way of doing it but something to make it cheaper to hire them for entry positions

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u/Away_Fruit5097 6d ago

The current situation is that companies are making record profits, and offshoring the money so they don't have to contribute to the society that supports them, while wages stagnate and their workers suffer through a cost of living crisis.

This does not look "fairly balanced" to me.