Lots of rich people set up trusts for the benefit of their children, including well into adulthood. I’m not in that club myself, but if circumstances had been different for my parents or grandparents, I certainly wouldn’t be ashamed to enjoy the fruits of their prosperity. Oz here is making an appeal to envy, not to fundamental differences between himself and his opponent. Appeals to envy are shabby and despicable, and suggest that the one resorting to them has no arguments grounded in principle.
Appeals to envy historically work well in “blue collar Pennsylvania”! Rats and a few “Me too” Republicans have used it successfully for years
I just don’t think it will work in this case; too much pot calling kettle!
“Appeals to envy are shabby and despicable, and suggest that the one resorting to them has no arguments grounded in principle.”
I agree, but Fetterman sells himself as this working class guy that worked his way up from nothing. Few know he’s from a wealthy family and a Harvard graduate (father paid for that too from what I understand).
I think it’s perfectly valid to point this out ... it’s attacking the lie Fetterman is selling and exposing his character. It isn’t using Fetterman’s parent’s wealth as an item to make people envious.