I heard it in Mary Poppins!
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It has both good and bad connotations.
It’s good in a sense that refers to a sense of duty that those in a “priveledged class” have duty to be generous, or “take care of” those of a lesser status. So it’s good in a sense of charity, generosity, and good will, those are all good qualities.
It’s bad in that it’s an old term referring more to an old fashioned “nobility” sense of “priveledged”. So you can’t avoid that it’s based on the concept that status and “Goodness” are interlinked, that by virtue of having status you are a *better person* and those without that status are *worse* people to be doted on and protected and cared for like you might a sick puppy. It has very Colonialist implications and shouldn’t confused with more modern or progressive concepts of altruism like Philanthropy.
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