This theory became popular (Thatcher) is linked to political and free market policies which seek to reduce the welfare state and put social responsibility on the individual's own shoulders. It argues that idleness has thrived under the Welfare State and Liberalism allowing mass immigration. This in turn has caused crime and made the inner cities into no-go areas consisting of muggers and drug-dealers. It identifies other groups as the "enemy within" i.e. welfare "scroungers", union militants, young offenders and homosexuals.
