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b_b · 884 days ago · link · · parent · post: This Pioneering Economist Says Our Obsession With Growth Must End
It's actually possible that Thatcher/Reagan were inevitable. Unions had evolved from Walter Reuther to Jimmy Hoffa, and everyone was sick of leasing their rotary phone from AT&T. The problem, of course, is that a leader can't get traction by saying "I'm for innovation; let's have some common sense reforms." But they can get a hell of a lot of traction by opening their campaign on the doorstep of a terrorist massacre to rant about states' rights. Leading the horse to clean water is what democrats try to do. Getting the horse to drink whatever sewer water is in front of it is what republicans do.