I've been reading the last few days about opportunity hoarding, especially amongst White self-identified Liberals in the US. It's very fascinating stuff, but it indirectly reminds me of something I think of a lot when I read a subset of liberal and leftist political discourse.
I'm sure she probably doesn't even remember telling me this, but a good friend and philosopher once said to me (paraphrasing, it was years ago):
"We should be immediately skeptical - not completely close-minded, but skeptical - of any moral or political claim that is made that involves a lot of changes and sacrifices for many people but conveniently none for the people making the claim in question."

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