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@Old fox What Are The Dangers Of Virtue Signalling In Modern Society?
The problem comes when popular becomes monetised, and we see this is where the negative side of virtue signalling has sprung up, both on a business scale and on a personal one.
As we have seen popular opinions are powerful in changing people’s viewpoints, but this can lead to capitalisation of businesses and celebrities who suddenly see the credit in virtue signalling (but who might not truly believe in the issues being raised), but we also this in individuals too who now realise they have to be seen as virtue signalling to be heard too.
The real danger that comes in virtue signalling is that it’s often blind to those doing it, and it can lead towards division rather than unity, as the very nature of virtue signalling is based in survival instincts, in joining bandwagons to be seen as a person who has good morals and therefore should be liked (and survive) rather than someone who is seen as a threat or a bad person (who then becomes the target and judgement of virtue signallers).
This is the issue though. It becomes a with us or against us agenda. To be seen as good often leads towards pointing the finger at something bad, and it then becomes a collective bandwagon march (that is so much easier to join) than an introspective change that is harder to do (but which is the real path to true change and freedom within).
When virtue signalling is the only moral being displayed it can often be exaggerated or insincere because it’s not truly changing the person from the inside, but instead, it stays on the more surface-level collective identity group.
This leads people to join protests in the angst of wanting to be seen like they are doing the right thing, but at the same time,
they might be complete hypocrites in what they are actually doing or thinking most of the time.
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