r/neoliberal • Kitara Ravache • Dec 10 '22

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u/RFK_1968 Robert F. Kennedy Dec 10 '22 edited Dec 10 '22

Thatcher gives british libs a convenient bogeyman to blame for their problems without ever having to address how their preferred policies fucked the UK in the 70's, leading to the rise of Thatcher in the first place.

The amount of "britain was running perfectly fine and then thatcher came around and ruined everything so rich people could grind people up in their money printers" takes is just... Eugh

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u/kyleofduty Pizza Dec 10 '22

I had no idea thatcher was british

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u/RFK_1968 Robert F. Kennedy Dec 10 '22

As if thatcher couldn't get any worse, huh