champagne socialists
Rich leftist poseurs
Champagne socialists are wealthy people who advocate for left-wing or egalitarian politics while enjoying luxuries that seem to contradict their stated beliefs.
The term is pejorative, implying hypocrisy—someone who calls for redistribution from a position of privilege: Easy to support higher taxes when you're sipping champagne at your country estate.
Primarily British; the American equivalent is limousine liberal.
- oxymoronSelf-contradicting phrase device
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- hypocrisyPretense of virtue
- virtue signallingConspicuous moral posturing
- limousine liberalWealthy person espousing egalitarianism
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champagne socialistsplutocrats
Rulers through financial power
robber barons · neoliberals · one-percenters · landed gentry
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