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DSA’s ‘noblesse oblige’ motto isn’t just hypocrisy — it’s downright racist

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The DSA is racist — and its members don’t seem to care. 

This month we learned that the poor little rich kids of the Democratic Socialists of America, who live in homes owned by their parents and subsist on family largesse, proudly say they’re operating under the principle of noblesse oblige.

And that principle, we have been reliably told by leftists themselves, is racist. 

“Everyone’s trying to dunk on me for being a progressive from a privileged background,” complained Grace Ryan, 25, an Ohio transplant who door-knocked around NYC for Brad Lander while living large off her family’s chocolate fortune.

“But like have y’all never heard of noblesse oblige?” she demanded.

“I have a moral obligation to use my advantages to help those who are struggling.”

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Yes, Grace, we’ve all heard of noblesse oblige — the French came up with that concept two centuries ago. 

Noblesse oblige means wealth brings with it the responsibility to protect the lower class, feed them, house them, clothe them, save them from their poverty.

But it’s carried racial implications........

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