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Will you destroy the system that favours someone like you?

Manu Joseph exposing the hypocrisy of the modern millionaire altruist

by Kaushik Chakraborty|

November 10, 2025

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Manu Joseph is my current favourite satirist. And his latest in Mint struck all the right chords with me.

Manu Joseph: Zohran Mamdani wants to fight inequality but can those who benefit from a system really bring it down?
People born to privilege rarely act against it, even when they seek public office on a platform of social justice. Zohran Mamdani’s rise in New York politics raises an uneasy question—can those who benefit from inequality truly be the ones to end it?
https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/manu-joseph-zohran-mamdani-inequality-privilege-benefit-social-justice-new-york-politics-11762570476797.html

Next time I hear anyone from the West cribbing about all the issues related to either social justice or, most importantly, inequality that we actually face here, but they either just read or binge-watched them - I will use the title of this post which Manu wanted to ask to Mamdani.

For those who are not privileged enough, like me, to get an online sub of Mint, here's the image from the physical copy that I get

Can beneficiaries of inequality be the ones who end it?

Can beneficiaries of inequality be the ones who end it?


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