champagne socialist
nounEtymology
From the association of champagne with upper social classes.
Definitions
A person adhering to socialism or supporting socialist policies while enjoying a…
A person adhering to socialism or supporting socialist policies while enjoying a lifestyle that is ostensibly in conflict with their political beliefs, or whose status would shield them from negative consequences of said policies.
- "The champagne socialist wants everybody to be equal upon the higher plane that suits him, utterly ignoring the fact that there are not enough champagne, green turtle, and truffles to go round."
- People deploy the phrase 'Champagne socialist' a lot online. They smirk at their computer screens, shrewdly slipping around comment boards imploding egalitarian arguments with a single phrase.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA