ownership society
n.— «The best evidence is the party’s coinage of the term “ownership society.” That’s a bold departure from traditional political imagery, which has stressed compassion for people who own nothing. » —“GOP talks up a new political order of aspiration” by George Melloan Australian Financial Review Sept. 2, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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