limousine liberal
Wealthy progressive hypocrite
A limousine liberal is someone who advocates for progressive causes—higher taxes, social programs, environmental regulations—while living a wealthy lifestyle insulated from the policies' effects.
The term is pejorative, suggesting hypocrisy: Easy for a limousine liberal to support public transit when he has a driver.
The British equivalent is champagne socialist.
Having abundant financial resources
- moneyedHaving substantial wealth
- privilegedHaving special advantages
- plutocratRuler through wealth
- millionairePerson possessing great wealth
billionaire · penthouse · yacht · chauffeur · mansion · philanthropist · vineyard
Favoring reform and innovation
- left-wingPolitically liberal or radical
- DemocratBlue party supporter
- donorOne who contributes freely
- fundraiserEvent collecting money
lobbyist · advocacy · policy · reform · activist · Georgetown · Davos · talking-points
Showy ethical posturing
- champagne socialistWealthy person with leftist views
- double-standardUnequally applied criterion
- sanctimoniousFeigning moral superiority
- performativeDone for appearance's sake
slacktivism · NIMBY · lip-service · tokenism · self-righteous · patronizing · disingenuous · ivory-tower
From living matter
- kaleLoose-leafed cabbage relative
- NPRNonprofit American broadcaster
- gentrifierOne who displaces poorer residents
- socialiteProminent figure in fashionable circles
condescending · elitist · bubble · disconnected · tone-deaf · woke
affluent
Having abundant financial resources
- moneyedHaving substantial wealth
- privilegedHaving special advantages
- plutocratRuler through wealth
millionaire · billionaire · penthouse · yacht · chauffeur · mansion · philanthropist · vineyard
progressive
Favoring reform and innovation
fundraiser · lobbyist · advocacy · policy · reform · activist · Georgetown · Davos · talking-points
virtue-signaling
Showy ethical posturing
- champagne socialistWealthy person with leftist views
- double-standardUnequally applied criterion
- sanctimoniousFeigning moral superiority
performative · slacktivism · NIMBY · lip-service · tokenism · self-righteous · patronizing · disingenuous · ivory-tower · preaching
organic
From living matter
- kaleLoose-leafed cabbage relative
- NPRNonprofit American broadcaster
- gentrifierOne who displaces poorer residents
socialite · condescending · elitist · bubble · disconnected · tone-deaf · woke
- class labelsaristocrat, beggar, bourgeois, commoner, elite
- political labelsconservative, leftist, rightist, moderate, centrist
limousine liberalgrassroots activist
Local-level political mobilizer
community organizer · labor organizer · true believer · man of the people · woman of the people
limousine, liberal, limousines, liberals, liberally, liberalism, liberality, liberalize, liberalized