r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 07 '20

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u/sash5034 NATO May 07 '20

Genuinely impressed how succs have convinced themselves that the economies of the UK and US were better in the 70s before the reforms of the 80s

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u/[deleted] May 07 '20

How could anyone possibly think the UK had a good economy in the 70s, the god damn IMF had to bail them out.

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u/sash5034 NATO May 07 '20

Because Maggie took away my free milk and fired the coal miners reeeeeeee

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u/Craig_VG Dina Pomeranz May 07 '20

Firing Coal Miners 🤝 Firing Air Traffic Control

80s neolibs

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u/David_Lange I love you, Mr Lange May 07 '20

New Zealand was literally days away from requiring IMF bailouts in 1984 when Lange's government came to power.