Two key declarations in the neoliberal surge of the eighties were made my Thatcher and Reagan

In '86 Reagan described the 9 most 'terrifying' words in the English language as "I'm from the government and I'm here to help"

I remember this being reported in Rolling Stone like it was some kind of counter-culture platitude, unworthy of serious analysis or consideration

In '87 Thatcher said "There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families"

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