The “Victorian values” that Thatcher sought to foster fell afoul of the unrestrained celebration of material wealth that her rule brought about. The moral society, based on decent self-interest, that Thatcher hoped to establish became the greedy society, based on coarse self-regard.
撒切尔寻求铸造的“胜利价值”与她执政时期带来的放浪恣睢的物质财富盛宴纠缠不清。撒切尔希望建立的基于高尚私利的道德社会变成了基于下流利己的贪婪社会。她可能在回忆中自我怀疑过，但她从未表露过。