The runaway cost of virtue-signalling – spiked
And it s the very people the Democratic Party claims to care about who are suffering the most as a result of those failures. A new Wall Street Journal poll found that 35 per cent of black, Hispanic and Asian-American voters were feeling the sting of inflation, compared to just 28 per cent of white voters. Among black women and Hispanic men, the proportion was even higher, at 44 per cent. And of course, for those making less than $60,000, it was the worst, with half feeling the pain of inflation compared to just 13 per cent of those making over $150,000.
It s perhaps no surprise that it s those whose incomes protect them from the sting of inflation who are most vocal about how willing they are to pay more for petrol lecturing those who can least afford it about the importance of doing so on moral grounds.
The problem with virtue signaling is when it’s too cheap. No one questions the virtue of somebody who gives everything, say, his life, to make some point or other. That’s virtue signaling, expensive virtue signaling. But we object to cheap virtue signaling. You buy a Tesla, a pretty good car from what I hear; probably a good investment, as cars go. But you also get the virtue signaling, all for a price you would have paid anyway. If you’re willing to pay more for gas, or don’t buy gas, you’re signaling where somebody else pays the price at the pump. Not much of a signal when you think about it.