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Russell Brand

Thatcher deliberately engendered… the idea that “there is no such thing as society”

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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Russell Brand

If you behave like there’s no such thing as society, in the end there isn’t.

The blunt, pathetic reality today is that a little old lady has died, who in the winter of her life had to water roses alone under police supervision. If you behave like there’s no such thing as society, in the end there isn’t.