Who said socialism is great until

We must get up even earlier to defend our freedom. Painfully at first, her policies wrenched the country from its doldrums to a new era of progress and confidence.

She was increasingly skeptical of the European Union, partly because of its penchant for bureaucracy and regulation and partly because of its effort to homogenize the features that made each country special. Thatcher died in but had she lived another seven years, she would likely be cheering Brexit, which finally happened last month. If Europe charms us, as it has so often charmed me, it is precisely because of its contrasts and contradictions, not its coherence and continuity.

But she was right about the big picture, especially the evils of socialism and the virtues of freedom. Those are things state worshipers cannot abide. I think, however, she would reserve special disdain for those vote-buying demagogues who traffic in class warfare and socialism of any stripe. I can easily see her scolding Bernie Sanders in terms like,. Grow up, get a real job for a change and learn something from history and economics!

No need to take my word for it, though. They stretch across decades of her public life:. Lawrence W. He is author of the book, Was Jesus a Socialist? His website is www. Please, enable JavaScript and reload the page to enjoy our modern features. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4. Please do not edit the piece, ensure that you attribute the author and mention that this article was originally published on FEE.

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