This is the late eighties, Harry. People don’t have expectations any more. They’re grateful for anything they can get.
Andrew Davies, A Very Peculiar Practice: The New Frontier (1988)
THE MASTER: Survival of the fittest. The weak must be eliminated so that the healthy can flourish.
Rona Munro, Doctor Who (1989)
‘The question is this. Either you believe in market forces or you don’t.’
‘Well, actually, I’m afraid to say I don’t.’
‘You don’t?’
‘No. I used to, of course, when I was a child, but like everyone else, I discovered as I grew older that it was all made up.’
Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie, ‘Bank Loan’ (1990)