But after that she died. Not a total wash, but it was the best thing she ever did.
YSK that after leaving power, Margaret Thatcher became a lobbyist for tobacco companies
Submitted 1 month ago by daniel_callahan@jlai.lu to youshouldknow@lemmy.world
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-19-mn-4763-story.html
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nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
hOrni@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah, but later they let her get revenge.
FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 1 month ago
She was always a cunt
johsny@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why should I know this?
daniel_callahan@jlai.lu 1 month ago
Because she is still respected by some folks. They think it’s just lefties who are throwing a taper tantrum.
WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 1 month ago
I dont think that those that you’re trying to inform will care. She destroyed communities. Specifically Essex, Newcastle, Yorkshire, Liverpool, and most of Wales and Scotland…but there are still people in those places that are fans of her.
ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 1 month ago
my biggest question around her is how many margarets did she actually end up thatching?
Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Becoming a lobbyist doesn’t sound like leaving politics.
JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It was basically a bribe because she’d already lost her marbles by then, so she couldn’t do any actual lobbying.
Chookitypok@piefed.social 1 month ago
Thanks but I already knew she was a piece of shit.
Nacktmull@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I did not know but its not surprising, perfect fit for a misanthrope like her.
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Thatcher?! I hardly know her!
NateNate60@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why are you posting this in YSK? How does this information improve anyone’s life in any way?
There is literally no-one here who doesn’t already think Thatcher was a piece of shit.
conditional_soup@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Now I know she was an even bigger piece of shit than I thought.
NateNate60@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah, okay. But anger doesn’t make my life better. If I’m browsing this community I expect tips that can potentially improve the quality of my life, not just finding out about more mud on a dead 20th century dirt bag politician to be angry about.
locuester@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I don’t follow much politics, and I dont follow political history either. I felt that this was a quality post and I appreciated it.
You’d do yourself a favor by not thinking and speaking for all of us.
NateNate60@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m not speaking for anyone but myself. I view this post as an example of a very persistent problem with Lemmy as a platform. Namely, that it seems only have four topics that people ever post about:
There’s nothing inherently wrong with posting about these topics but it really seems like whenever there exists a community isn’t about topics 2-4, people will make it about topic 1.
Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
YSK Sidebar, rule 1:
Weird that this is the second post in a row I’ve seen just now like this. It’d be one thing if the comm wasn’t literally in the title as per the rules.
I’m more disappointed in the upvoters than the mods for this one.
njm1314@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Everyone’s life us made better by actively trashing Thatcher. That’s just a fact.
utopiah@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I for one knew it and yet I enjoy, in a very tragic way, discovering that she was, actually, even worst than I thought.
Owlboi@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I have no idea who Thatcher is nor do i care, so i technically didnt know and will proceed to not know after i inevitably forget that name by the next post
Soggy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Well, she’s a prominent figure in relatively recent world history whose actions are responsible in part for the world we have today. It’s kinda weird to be proud of historical ignorance.