And, of course, we can thank Margaret Thatcher for encouraging us to believe that all men (and women) are, indeed, islands, and there is nothing that binds us together but the fiction of social connections.
“... and so they are casting their problems on society and who is society? There is no such thing! There are individual men and women and there are families and no government can do anything except through people and people look to themselves first."
— Margaret Thatcher, 1987, ‘Interview for “Woman’s Own” (“No Such Thing as Society”)
Mark Fisher’s ‘Capitalist Realism’ is waiting in my not-yet-read pile.
Excellent and very helpful post, Tim.
And, of course, we can thank Margaret Thatcher for encouraging us to believe that all men (and women) are, indeed, islands, and there is nothing that binds us together but the fiction of social connections.
“... and so they are casting their problems on society and who is society? There is no such thing! There are individual men and women and there are families and no government can do anything except through people and people look to themselves first."
— Margaret Thatcher, 1987, ‘Interview for “Woman’s Own” (“No Such Thing as Society”)
Mark Fisher’s ‘Capitalist Realism’ is waiting in my not-yet-read pile.
Yes, good point - Thatcher really brought us all the hits!
Also peaking in 1989.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtvmTu4zAMg&ab_channel=LondonRecords
Great perspective- as I listen to my Spotify, I notice that I have no idea who is singing, or what about. Another alienation.