Both were part of the liberal wave of the 1980s, promoting privatisations, reducing state interventionism, removing the welfare state, cutting pensions, expanding the military industrial complexes, etc.
But when we discuss about Thatcher and Reagan, I noticed on my own experience (so I might be wrong, if I'm please correct me) that the British seems to have more conflict to support Thatcher than Americans to support Reagan. Why is that so?
I have a theory that since a considerably part of the American public is against government intervention on the first place, this might have made the public less against this market liberal policies, and also the fact that Reagan was limited to staying in power for only eight years, this he left when his popularity was booming, while Thatcher overstayed her welcome and led to a erosion of her support. What do you think?