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Originally Posted by dyna mo
-I hadn't heard of "virtue signaling" before, thanks.
-yup.
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Though the term is relatively new... it's basic evolutionary biology. Your brain is not wired to be honest, your brain is wired to protect reputation. This is a long discussion... but think about it like this.
We are a cooperative species and we have to deal with both individual selection and group selection. For example, though this is obviously going to trigger a "that must be bullshit" response, primates are not a cooperative species. Meaning if two chimps must work together to move a log so that they may all escape a fire, they can't do it. Humans are cooperative. The better we cooperate as a group/tribe, the greater our chances of survival... whether we're talking Jamestown in that first year, way back when or a band of 50 hunter / gatherers 10,000 years ago. Within the group, there is one trait more important that all others. That is that you have a good reputation. So think about this carefully... who is more likely to survive...
1) the guy who is thought by the group to be dishonest but never steals
2) the guy who always steals but its believed by the group to be honest
"Caring" is very similar.
Being believed to care about others elevates your status in the group
Being believed to not care makes you a liability to the group
That perception of "caring" gives them status within the group. It doesn't need to be genuine. It is still status in the group (the Left). If you notice, they never actually do anything to demonstrate that they care.... they just continually announce to the world and their peers that they care and conveniently attack you for "not caring" which again elevates their status in their group as well as their perceived level of "concern".
How do they demonstrate that they care? Well... what do they do? Nothing. I mean, "nothing" but run around screaming how much they care and you don't care.
Do they do anything of substance? Of course not. DId ********** buy a Volt because he "cares"? If that was the case, he wouldn't have created between 4-10 threads a week about it for a couple years. Did he buy it for "status" among his peers? Well, if that is the intent, you definitely have to make it known, right?
Did ********** ditch his Camero for a Chevy Volt (i.e. vagina on wheels) because he authentically cares? Well,.... he spent many years telling us about it, so...