Charlie Angus has a recent podcast where he talks about the '80s [1]. He says many are lost in an unreal nostalgia about the decade. A comment from him: "[it was] the decade when Friedman, Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and the business elite launched a full attack on the working and middle class.". I'm a bit annoyed that he's glossed over any Canadian reference [Mulroney, Harris]. But Angus sometimes compliments Conservatives of the past as a way to portray today's Conservatives in an unflattering light.
Anyway, it's kind of an interesting talk.
Another piece on the '80s that was interesting is Adam Curtis' documentary Shifty [2]. It shows, that besides the right wing drift in politics, that there were real issues of bigotry and sexism. And it shows the consequence of moving away from any collective belief (in pursuit of individual liberty) in that it led society to be seen as void and meaningless.
1). https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/how-nostalgia-wont-save-you-from
, a gripping 5-part doc series on BBC iPlayer exploring Britain's fractured society post-Thatcher era. Dive into history, power, and the lost shared reality shaping today's democracy 
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