Jamus' virtue signalling

Donovan Choy wrote:

This is fantastic. Tharman sees through Jamus' virtue signalling and calls it out exactly for what it is. These rhetorical tactics are so typical of figures on the Left. I cannot recall how many times I've heard progressive speakers push the insanely empty-headed "we shouldn't only be concerned with economic efficiency" trope, as if being financially efficient and prudent was a factor to consider in isolation, separated from having basic human compassion or decency.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 "𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲", 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 "𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. Every dollar spent on A is a dollar not spent on B. Inefficient and wasteful policies merely means that the people of a specific group today benefit at the expense of another group tomorrow.

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