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PETRUS

(3,678 posts) Thu Mar 19, 2020, 02:41 PM Mar 2020

"There is no such thing as society."

I read a tweet from the UK earlier today that reads:

"There is no such thing as society," they said as they ripped up our health service, labour protections and welfare supports.

Now we all desperately want society back.

I always though that (the "no such thing as society" quote) was one of the more inane (but dangerous!) things Thatcher said. There are still people clinging to the hollow logic of Friedman/Thatcher/Reagan (neoliberalism); maybe the pandemic will dislodge a few of them.

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"There is no such thing as society." (Original Post) PETRUS Mar 2020 OP

One of the worst things anyone ever said FiveGoodMen Mar 2020 #1

+1 n/t Laelth Mar 2020 #2

Similar to the idea that "civilization is a thin veneer on our savage instincts" JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2020 #3

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)

1. One of the worst things anyone ever said

Reply to PETRUS (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2020, 02:44 PM

Mar 2020

If you consider the implications

Laelth

(32,017 posts)

2. +1 n/t

Reply to FiveGoodMen (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 19, 2020, 02:57 PM

Mar 2020

-Laelth

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,350 posts)

3. Similar to the idea that "civilization is a thin veneer on our savage instincts"

Reply to FiveGoodMen (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 19, 2020, 03:20 PM

Mar 2020

or something like that.

I just got back from a grocery store. There was desperate rudeness around some short items. Desperate disbelief around some completely empty shelves.

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