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Things to keep in mind when visiting mainstream instances :)
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Solidarity among that type is very rare but it can and does exist. Otherwise they wouldn't have to make up terms like "champagne socialist" to disparage people who think this way.
I don't disagree. Just chiming in to say it's funny how students/recent graduates get called champagne socialists because they were never coal miners (usually, anyway, I'm sure there are exceptions).
Best response to that I've heard is "I'm not fermenting revolution in the Champagne region of France, so at most I'm a Sparkling Marxist."
I agree, and if you look deeper into the joke, perhaps too deep, they are saying that if you aren't a miserable and suffering worker, it's hypocritical to advocate for them hinting that you should only advocate for those in your class.
The thing is that the champagne socialist argument is usually brought up by caviar capitalists.