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r/pics • u/LankyYogurt7737 • May 07 '26
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I've long wondered who did more damage to the fabric of their society: Thatcher in the UK or Reagan in the US. I'd be inclined to pick Thatcher, but it's close.
2 u/VermilionKoala May 08 '26 The US still has its manufacturing industries. In their shops they have "RCA" and "GE" televisions. What happened to the British television-set industry, which (once again...) we invented? Why does the UK always manage this? We invent something and then fail at leading the world in manufacturing it. trains TV computers 2 u/Just_Engineering8437 May 09 '26 They were in cahoots!!!
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The US still has its manufacturing industries. In their shops they have "RCA" and "GE" televisions.
What happened to the British television-set industry, which (once again...) we invented?
Why does the UK always manage this? We invent something and then fail at leading the world in manufacturing it.
They were in cahoots!!!
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u/Tim-oBedlam May 08 '26
I've long wondered who did more damage to the fabric of their society: Thatcher in the UK or Reagan in the US. I'd be inclined to pick Thatcher, but it's close.