The immortal line by Margaret #Thatcher:
There is no such thing as #society.
The Iron Lady's Hallmark crad for Late Stage Capitalism. A slogan so bleak it makes Hobbes sound like Mister Rogers.
She envisioned us as pathetic little atomized consumers, free falling through history, bumping into each other only to exchange currency or germs. If we're lucky we die alone due to climate change, clutching our reusable tote bag, whispering "at least I offset my flight to Ibiza."
Under her gospel, collective action is a fairy tale & your only real neighbors are Amazon Prime & depression.
The fire department is just a bunch of heroic individuals who coincidentally showed up at the same burning house.
Thatcher didn't kill society. She just outsourced it to the private sector & sold the corpse for scrap.
Here lies Society
Circa 1979
Died of neglect, privatization & climate change.
Survived by no one.
Funeral sponsored by Uber Eats.
Please recycle your grief responsibly.
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