Social democracy’s contradictions, not capital alone, opened the terrain for Thatcherism

Evidence

But the contradictions within social democracy are the key to the whole Rightward shift of the political spectrum. For if the destruction of the Heath “party” secures hegemony for “Thatcherism” over the Right, it is the contradictory form of social democracy which has effectively disorganized the Left and the working-class response to the crisis, and provided the terrain on which Thatcherism is working. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1104

Categorization

• XREF: Inverts the simple ‘neoliberalism imposed by capital’ narrative; closely parallels the reader’s study of how ideas and politics, not just economics, drive change.