On May 14, 2008, at 3:07 PM, Bill Lear wrote:
So, how was Thatcher(ism) populist, except as I've outlined above?
"Getting the government of the backs of the people" and "standing tall" had actual popular appeal in the U.S. "Union excesses" had popular appeal in Britain. As did "Britain isn't working."
Tom Ferguson and Joel Rogers *Right Turn* I think support my views, do they not?
They don't explain why Reagan and Thatcher got elected and re- elected. They explain movements in ruling class opinion, which needed popular ratification. If "we" can't figure out the basis of that appeal, then we'll keep getting beaten. It's not helpful to say it was all chicanery.
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