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Perhaps my early apathy and indifference are a result of what Thatcher deliberately engendered, the idea that “there is no such thing as society”, that we are alone on our journey through life, solitary atoms of consciousness.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker suggests their early apathy and indifference may stem from a belief encouraged by Thatcher: that there is no such thing as society, and that people travel through life alone as isolated units of consciousness. It is a tentative self-diagnosis blaming a political idea for loneliness.
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