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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
That article is a more articulate version of exactly how I view Thatcherism in my own mind. I mentioned earlier that I thought that a lot of people make the mistake of looking back at her reforms as if they are the same as if they were to be employed to today's problems.
This is also good reading for today's socialists who parade around saying that since the marginal tax rate was like 80% back in the 60s that somehow we could raise taxes that much today and the world economy would still turn.
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The odd thing about Thatcher was she was a terrible politician so the things she did were compounded by the statements she made and really pointless political choices, her stance on South Africa and her support of Pinochet were just insane domestically and have ensured she will not be 'forgiven' if you will. There is a engagingly masochistic streak in the British voter you don't see in N America generally, Thatcher to some degree ran on a platform/image of
'you deserve to be punished and I'm the one to punish you'
She was a sort of Mike Keenan of British Politics really.
She also benefited greatly from being underestimated by her detractors and also was tremendously lucky, the Argentinians had they done the slightest prep or shown any resistance in the Falklands could have beaten the british handily
Again the miners, had they been led by a smarter leader would have recognised that the goverment was prepared and had a plan, had they just waited a year they could have caused the Goverment real problems once the coal stockpiles were lower.