• CaptObvious@literature.cafe
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    1 year ago

    Because it may be. She’s already shown disturbing noblesse oblige towards Trump. This would fit into that MO.

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      1 year ago

      Just fyi, noblesse oblige is the idea that people in a position of privilege are responsible to some degree for taking care of those who are less fortunate. Fealty is a vassals sworn loyalty to someone in a higher position.

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        1 year ago

        Fair point. I was thinking of “noblesse oblige” as “moral obligation of those of… powerful social position… to act with… generosity” whether warranted or not. But fealty works in this case as well.