Tag: do-gooder derogation
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Do-gooders: disliked – and attempting a comeback

Jacinda Ardern, the former New Zealand prime minister, calls herself a “do-gooder”. It’s an unusual choice: the term is mostly an insult, and she was apparently mocked at school for her do-gooding. Ardern can perhaps pull it off – she was an unconventional PM, and for years has been arguing that kindness can co-exist with…