How can you comfort a sad, scared billionaire? Call them a ‘person of wealth’ | Arwa Mahdawi

The filthy rich are fighting back against wealthism. They are assisted by media allies, who urge more neutral language to describe their gold-plated plight

You've heard of racism and sexism, but there's a horrifying new -ism we all need to be aware of: wealthism. The obscenely rich, you see, are an increasingly persecuted minority, vilified in modern society. Wealthism is so deeply entrenched, that without even knowing it, you're probably using anti-wealth language and making billionaires feel very sad indeed.

This public service announcement is brought to you by the Wall Street Journal's editorial board, which just published a scathing piece about a ProPublica investigation into US supreme court justice Clarence Thomas's friendship with a Republican mega-donor and billionaire property developer called Harlan Crow.