Limousine liberal (also latte liberal, limousine leftist, learjet liberal, lakefront liberal, lexus liberal, parlor pink, white wine socialist or champagne socialist) is a pejorative North American (USA and Canada) political term for an affluent, usually well-educated liberal (American) or liberal (Canadian) who vocalizes a deep personal empathy for those in the lower social classes who suffer from a poor standard of living, despite having no experience with privation and living a lifestyle which clearly demonstrates their status as privileged member of the upper class. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions Liberalism in the United States is a broad political and philosophical mindset favoring individual Liberty, and opposing restrictions on liberty whether they come from Liberalism has been a strong force in Canadian politics since the late 18th Century Empathy is the capacity to recognize or understand another's state of mind or Emotion. Working class is a term used in academic Sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe depending on context and speaker those employed in specific fields or types The standard of living refers to the quality and quantity of goods and services available to people and the way these goods and services are distributed within a population Is a concept in Sociology that refers to the group of people at the top of a Social hierarchy.

The idea is that the "limousine liberals" support progressive causes more at the intellectual level but are not generally involved in grass-roots organizing. They may contribute financially. The term can also carry the connotation of someone expressing concern for the poor and improving the environment who does not spend any considerable portion of their time or money to help. Further, it is used to illustrate perceived hypocrisy, such as someone calling for the use of mass transit while they themselves frequently use private jets (ergo: learjet liberal). ^[1]

Contents 1 Formation and early use 2 Later use 3 Other countries 4 References 5 See also

Formation and early use

Democratic New York City mayoral hopeful Mario Procaccino coined the term to describe Republican Mayor John Lindsay and his wealthy Manhattan backers during a heated 1969 campaign. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The City of New York A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Mario Angelo Procaccino (September 5 1912 - December 20 1995 was a Lawyer, Controller, and candidate for Mayor of New York City. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government John Vliet Lindsay ( November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American Politician who served as a member of the Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York It was a populist epithet, carrying an implicit accusation that the people it described were insulated from all negative consequences of their programs intended to benefit the poor, and that the costs and consequences of such programs would be borne in the main by working class or lower middle class people who were not so poor as to be beneficiaries themselves. Working class is a term used in academic Sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe depending on context and speaker those employed in specific fields or types In developed nations across the earth the lower middle class, is a sub-division of the greater Middle class which constitutes by far the largest socio-economic class In particular, Procaccino criticized Lindsay for favoring unemployed blacks over working-class whites. ^[2]

One Procaccino campaign memo attacked "rich super-assimilated people who live on Fifth Avenue and maintain some choice mansions outside the city and have no feeling for the small middle class shopkeeper, home owner, etc. A mansion is a large dwelling House. The word itself derives (through Old French) from the Latin word mansus (the perfect passive participle The middle class, in colloquial usage consists of those who have some economic independence but not a great deal of social Influence or power. They preach the politics of confrontation and condone violent upheaval in society because they are not touched by it and are protected by their courtiers". A courtier is a person who attends the court of a Monarch or other powerful person. ^[3] The Independent later stated that "Lindsay came across as all style and no substance, a "limousine liberal" who knew nothing of the concerns of the same "Silent Majority" that was carrying Richard Nixon to the White House at the very same time. The Independent is a British compact Newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly 's Independent News & Media. The silent majority is an unspecified large majority of people in a country or group who do not express their opinions publicly "^[4]

Later use

In the 1970s, the term was applied to wealthy liberal supporters of open-housing and forced school busing who didn't make use of public schooling. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Desegregation busing in the United States (also known as forced busing or busing) is the practice of attempting to integrate schools by assigning students to ^[5] In Boston, Massachusetts, supporters of busing, such as Senator Ted Kennedy, sent their children to private schools or lived in affluent suburbs. Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (born February 22 1932 is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. To some South Boston residents, Kennedy's support of a plan that "integrated" their children with blacks and his apparent unwillingness to do the same with his own children, seemed like hypocrisy. Racial integration, or simply integration includes Desegregation (the process of ending systematic Racial segregation) ^[6]

By the late 1990s and early 21st century, the term has also come to be applied to those who support environmentalist or "green" goals, such as mass transit, yet drive large SUVs or literally have a limousine and driver. Environmentalism is a broad philosophy and Social movement centered on a concern for the conservation and improvement of the environment. A sport utility vehicle ( SUV) is a generic marketing description for a rugged automotive vehicle similar to a Station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis The Weekly Standard applied the term to Sheila Jackson Lee for being "routinely chauffeured the one short block to work--in a government car, by a member of her staff, at the taxpayers' expense. The Weekly Standard is an American opinion Magazine published 48 times per year Sheila Jackson-Lee (born January 12, 1950) is an American politician "^[7]

Recently, the New York Observer has applied the term to 2008 Democratic candidate John Edwards for paying $400 for a haircut and, according to the newspaper, "lectures about poverty while living in gated opulence". The New York Observer is a weekly newspaper first published in New York City on September 22, 1987, by Arthur L Johnny Reid "John" Edwards (born June 10 1953 ^[8]

Other countries

In Australia and New Zealand, a roughly equivalent insult of chardonnay socialist is used; in the United Kingdom the phrase champagne socialist or Bollinger Bolshevik is preferred, and in France such people are referred to as the gauche caviar ("caviar left"). For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Chardonnay socialist is a derogatory Australasian term used to describe those on the political left with comfortable Middle-class (or better incomes The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A " champagne socialist " is a pejorative political term originating in the United Kingdom. Bollinger is a Champagne house, a producer of sparkling wines from the Champagne region of France. The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists ( Большевик Большевист (singular, derived from bolshe, "more" were a faction This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Gauche caviar (Caviar left is a French term to describe someone who claims to be a Socialist without feeling the need to espouse an appropriate lifestyle In Portugal "Esquerda caviar" is used, basically a direct translation of the French term. In Germany "Toskana Fraktion" is used. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. In Italy, the term "radical chic" (borrowed from American journalist Tom Wolfe's satirical 1970 book Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers) is used. Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr (born March 2, 1931 in Richmond, Virginia) known as Tom Wolfe, is a Best-selling Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers was a 1970 book by Tom Wolfe.

In Peru, many former Maoists and Fidel Castro supporters, who had renounced those views, worked in state agencies during the governments of Valentín Paniagua (2000-2001) and Alejandro Toledo (2001 - 2006) and were paid very high wages in comparison to the income of the average population. Maoism, variably and officially known as Mao Zedong Thought ( is a variant of Marxism derived from the teachings of the late Chinese leader Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13 1926 is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president until Valentín Paniagua Corazao ( September 23, 1936 &ndash October 16, 2006) was a Peruvian politician and former Interim President Alejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique (born 28 March 1946 is a Peruvian Politician and Economist. They were given the name of "Izquierda Caviar" or "Izquierda Rosa", terms similar to gauche caviar and parlor pink, respectively. Gauche caviar (Caviar left is a French term to describe someone who claims to be a Socialist without feeling the need to espouse an appropriate lifestyle

In the Netherlands, a near equivalent of "limousine liberal" would be "cafe socialist". The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The point of a cafe socialist, however, is not that he does not spend money charitably, but rather that he or she is too high to be actively involved in the class struggle. Class struggle is the active expression of Class conflict looked at from any kind of socialist perspective Charity is seen as a capitalist and conservative project, because it leaves the alleged social structures of hegemony intact, and would even reinforce them (by making the poor dependent on the rich). Charity also implies that mandatory taxation is not needed, or need not collect sufficient funds.

Note that in the United States and in Canada, the usage of the term liberal differs from most of the world. In many countries outside the United States and Canada, "liberalism" refers to right-of-center politics, and particularly to support for laissez faire capitalism, or libertarianism. Liberalism is a broad array of related ideas and theories of Government that consider individual Liberty to be the most important political goal In Politics, right-wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities Laissez-faire ( pronunciation: French,; English,) is a French phrase literally meaning Let do (“allow to do” Libertarianism is a term used by a broad spectrum of political philosophies which prioritize individual Liberty and seek to minimize or even abolish the In contrast, in the United States and in Canada, 'liberal' has a left-wing connotation and is sometimes used somewhat pejoratively, even by the mainstream media.

References

See also

• Elitism
• Liberal elite
• Chattering class
• Propaganda
• Champagne socialist
• San Francisco values
• Hipster (contemporary subculture)

Elitism is the belief or attitude that those individuals who are considered members of the Elite &mdash a select group of people with outstanding personal abilities intellect In the United States the term liberal elite is used to describe affluent politically left-leaning people The chattering classes is a generally derogatory term often used by pundits and Political commentators to refer to a politically active socially concerned and Propaganda is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people A " champagne socialist " is a pejorative political term originating in the United Kingdom. San Francisco values is a pejorative term used to refer to the cultural social and moral attributes commonly associated with the city of San Francisco California in the In the late 1990s the 1940s slang term hipster began being used to describe young urban Middle class and Upper class adults with interests in non-mainstream fashion

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