Struggling with an ethical dilemma? New Internationalist’s Agony Uncle can help you find answers in our troubled political times.
I’m a committed socialist in my twenties, trying to live by my principles – but I’ve hit a serious stumbling block.
My parents, who are comfortably middle-class and don’t share my politics, have told me they’ll be leaving me a sizeable inheritance one day, with a jab that this makes me a hypocrite. I’ve always believed in redistributing wealth and challenging inherited privilege, but does that mean I have to say no to financial stability when it’s handed to me?
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