Plunder of the Commons Quotes

“Thatcher began the privatization of the most precious part of Britain’s social commons, the National Health Service, through what her economic advisers called the ‘micro-politics of privatization’. The idea was that the government should gradually cut resources for a popular service so as to undermine faith in its capacity to deliver, leading to acceptance of”
― Guy Standing, Plunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth