• Noxy@pawb.social
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    5 days ago

    Using the phrase “virtue signaling” is virtue signaling

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    What should we call blatant pandering to Trump and his ilk? MAGA signaling?

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        I mean both… obviously if you want to get on trumps good side you combine bribing with censoring content he doesn’t like, and making sure not to censor or even fact check his lies.

  • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee
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    LMFAO virtue signal deez nuts. Fuckerberg.

    I haven’t had Facebook in 10 years lol. I don’t have a vote on this one.

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    Why, yes, Im signaling that I have virtues, which is why I am not on your site Zuckerboi.

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      The sad reality is that most people, like an overwhelming majority, won’t leave. Most don’t even have a clue this is happening in the first place, those that do, love their family and friends more than they hate Mark.

      And where are they going to go? I heard Cory doctorow liken it to Anatevka (the town in Ukraine from fiddler on the roof) the people were sad they were leaving because they knew it would never be the same again and they might not see each other again. They didn’t like getting beat by Cossacks and it was a shitty place to be but they didn’t want to leave their people.

      Dumping a platform that has your friends and family is a hard thing to do especially if it’s the only meaningful way you can connect with them otherwise. Especially if you know some won’t leave and some aren’t going to go to the same place you are.

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    No its called having morals and standing by them. Virtue signaling is when you pay lip-service to a cause and don’t walk the walk. Almost like zuck doing his dei stuff when it was popular and doing a 180 as soon as it becomes slightly unpopular.

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      I think it is quite beautiful to see how much <some politically, even if self-perceived, powerful person who is a moral trashheap> falls into the usual strong narcisism tendencies of projection.

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    Wow, I knew Zuckerberg was a jerk and I knew he was right wing. But I didn’t think he was one of those rightwing immature edgelord jerks on the level of 4chan posters

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      He wasn’t. Mark used to be a sweet kid, but he’s been radicalised by all the shit he reads on Facebook. It’s not too late, Mark, delete your social media profiles, stay away from that poisonous hellhole!

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      Nah these billionaires don’t align on the modern left wing right wing spectrum, they are all a special kind of hardcore libertarian. The only ideology they have is that they should be able to do whatever they want to earn their next billion. Him appeasing right wingers fits his MO, but doesn’t make him a right winger.

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    Will this decade be known as “the decade when billionares spiralled out of control”? First Musk then this android.

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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      Imagine what Rockefeller and Carnegie would have tweeted about. You know they were crass, detached from reality hemorrhoid clusters, they just didn’t get to spew it to a global audience 900 times a day.

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      They saw Elons return for a 230 million investment and want even more. Hopefully they overreach and we can finally rid ourselves of the billionaires.

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    Ah yes, the feed starting with an ad, followed by a reels module alternating between soft porn and dogs, followed by bots and more ads, maybe interspersed with a couple of posts by people whose names I recognize for good measure, are well worth my time. No need to virtue signal, I’m hooked!

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    Bruh they’re taking action. It’s virtue actioning. Unless you’re trying to tell them they need to do something more dramatic?