April 25, 2018 / C H Thompson

New Right social theory

New Right thinkers have questioned the advancement of the state’s involvement in capitalist societies.
The phrase ‘nanny state’ is often banded around by Conservative politicians as meaning the state pokes its nose too much into the lives of ordinary citizens.
For New Right thinkers the state should be ‘rolled back’ and the free market left to coordinate society rather than the state intervening so much
New Right thinkers question the value of so much state welfare and instead prefer the state to encourage self-reliance instead of welfare dependence.
By rolling-back the state people will have greater individual freedom and by paying lower taxes people will be stimulated to make society far more dynamic, competitive and efficient

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