

Also in more recent times the the rise of the individual and their self proclaimed identity being the focal point of their existence is again in contrast to the words of Reagan and Thatcher and those whose ideas they were spreading. The 80s started off with Punk really rising to a strong force and it was an individualistic source of music, but was completely opposed to Reagan and Thatcher. I think there are other causes to the song lyric changes and cultural changes that happened at that period. She said the change in song lyrics related to the selfishness of Neo-liberalism. I took major um-bridge with the Neo-liberialism idea and song lyrics. I don’t think the connection was made and maybe that was simply the forum and her book corrects this and does genuinely make that case. I didn’t find this to be a well laid out cause of the loneliness problem. But she brought up her boogeyman word throughout the conversation. The ideas of Reagan and Thatcher aren’t making headway and haven’t since the 80s. Russ Roberts properly corrected her that we aren’t living through a decrease in government spending moment. I don’t understand what she meant by Neo-liberialism. I am going to just point to one instance in each area. However, I had major problems with the opinions of Noreena Hertz causes and then solutions to the problem. I found the topic interesting and agree that loneliness is a major problem.
