See, I want to write rich characters who redistribute their wealth (and donate to charities they DON'T already own) and actually give a shit about people who aren't as privileged as they are, but at the same time, I'm scared of writing propaganda for the rich...
that’s a bit of a pickle anon.
for one thing i’d probably skip the charity part because we’re already heavily conditioned to the ~philanthropist~ charity donations we see irl so i’d probably have them like just directly walking down the street and giving people a wad of cash, or like going through and paying people’s bail, or paying people’s cashapps past what’s been requested or just like idk. walking into a hospital and paying every single person’s owed bill. or like buying houses for homeless people idk.
really like, i suppose really exaggerate the rich character’s actions. like you see those posts where like x billionaire could end world hunger and stop the war in yemen and buy every single individual in x country a house at x price? do that. really make the disparity between your rich character and the idolised rich people/characters really really obvious.
make people go ‘holy shit. they’re actually making a difference, imagine if rl rich people did this’.
if it’s possible, i’d also adjust the rich characters’ background so that they come from a working class background and say, were adopted by a billionaire and then inherited a lot of that wealth, which they’re using to make everyone’s lives better.
also like, don’t have them live a ridiculous rich-filled, exotic animals as pets, solid gold toilet seats kind of life. that kind of lifestyle really contradicts a message of like. caring about other people in any way.
don’t be scared to have the rich character/s face genuine criticism, and the criticism can even be done in a very angry way, but they also need to inevitably accept that they were in the wrong too, and that they are not superior morally or otherwise simply for being rich.
oh actually as well, if the rich character happens to be white or white-passing, don’t treat them like a white saviour or anything for helping black or brown people financially. that’s not a great look. but for sure, if the rich character is black make race a talking point definitely.
