:::Jerry:::: wrote:

[1] a lot of the current ills of 'society' can, IMO, be directly
linked back to many of Thatcher's values - was it not her who once
said that "their is no such thing as society", well there certainly
doesn't deem to be one today... :~(


Yes she did say that but, you need to consider its context, if you take
it as indicative of her values. It was said as a counter to the view all
too common at the time that 'society was to blame' that the ills of the
world were to be fixed by government, 'society', or anyone but the
individual, their family and friends.
Yes, today the sense of society as a community of people with a common
purpose, interests, and values is often lacking. But 'society' in the
sense of busybody governments, and lobby groups, and corporations and
guilds, all promoting their own self interest in the name of it being
for your own good, is all too prevalent. Which brings us back to the
original subject of this thread.


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David Clark

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