Socialism is often defined as a system that rejects private ownership in favor of public or collective control. Wealth, in that framework, is meant to be redistributed rather than accumulated.
A socialite, by contrast, is someone who moves comfortably within elite, often affluent circles. Wealth in that world is not just present — it’s performed, curated, and displayed.
Put simply, one ideology treats wealth as a problem to be solved, and the other treats it as a marker of status to be celebrated.
It doesn’t take much imagination to see the tension there. And when those ideas are embodied in the same person or posture, they tend to invite more eye-rolling than admiration.
Take this inane X post from “socialist socialite” Ella Devi, for instance:
pete hegeseth’s wife wore a dress from temu to the white house correspondents dinner (i’m not joking) pic.twitter.com/oCDM2v8rvQ
— ella devi (@ellad3vi) April 27,
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