Telling it like it is — as Thatcher said to Gorbachev (1987)

Quote from the July 1987 issue of the Socialist Standard

At one stage they argued about the merits of capitalism versus communism and she told him: We are all capitalists. The only difference is that for you it's the state that invests, while for us it’s private individuals Gorbachev was apparently flummoxed.

[From the article “Mission to Moscow". Sunday Times 5 April 1987.]