How “Virtue Signalling” Is Collapsing Society

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    Today we explore the controversial topic of "Virtue Signalling" a word that went from a light criticism to now a weapon, we explore internet activism, its merits and its limitations.
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  • @JimmyTheGiant
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    • @gorgonismztruth1551
      @gorgonismztruth1551 Před 6 měsíci

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  • @tziirkq
    @tziirkq Před 4 měsíci +205

    Virtue signalling is annoying, but what makes my eyes roll down the street is how suddenly everyone becomes an expert in that thing. I genuinely had no idea that there were so many people who are experts in race, virology, economics, socio economics, immigration, and international politics all at the same time. A truly enlightened age we live in.

    • @stalfithrildi5366
      @stalfithrildi5366 Před 3 měsíci +11

      Astonishing that we can't gerrit all sorted wi so many experts about, intit.

    • @Bathingwookie
      @Bathingwookie Před 2 měsíci +2

      Just because you haven’t done any research doesn’t mean that others haven’t. Shall people just have an opinion on absolutely nothing in risk of being called out for being an “expert”?

    • @Lilliathi
      @Lilliathi Před 2 měsíci +5

      I don't think people are claiming to be experts, they just have opinions on those topics and use the talking points of (actual) experts to argue their opinion.

    • @georgia.cccccc
      @georgia.cccccc Před 2 měsíci +2

      I personally research everything thoroughly. I get annoyed if things aren't sourced credibly, but for many years, I wasn't like that. I used to read things on social media and take it as fact. Since doing my own research, I do feel especially enlightened. I still agree with the majority of my previous view points, but I'm also able to see flaws in the people I agree with (spreading wrong information, making assumptions, not understanding statistics etc). But I think theres a lot of people out there like me. Who, during their late teens and early 20's were a little too righteous without doing genuine work to understand what they're actually reposting and saying. Then they get older and start feeling disillusioned because of how unsourced information is getting and how little context people have - thats when they start doing proper research.

    • @ElJaf17
      @ElJaf17 Před měsícem

      ye haha or an expert about virtue signalling and subcultures, like this channel and commenters lol

  • @Zorzdog
    @Zorzdog Před 6 měsíci +201

    Being virtuous is like being humble, if you feel the need to tell people it pretty much becomes null & void.

    • @SackTap69
      @SackTap69 Před 6 měsíci +11

      absolutely true! honestly, I'm one of the most humble people I know and so it's easy for me to spot fakers

    • @rafox66
      @rafox66 Před 6 měsíci +7

      @@SackTap69 Hahah, ironic.

    • @benmontjo
      @benmontjo Před 6 měsíci +1

      Exactly

    • @Zorzdog
      @Zorzdog Před 6 měsíci +4

      @@SackTap69 i bet you’re favorite song is “I’m So Humble” by Lonely Island

    • @LawfulBased
      @LawfulBased Před 4 měsíci +5

      Kinda reminds us of
      _" If you must regularly remind people that you are a King, that means you are not a King at all. "_
      am I right? 😏

  • @jeffersonhassan4558
    @jeffersonhassan4558 Před 6 měsíci +102

    Virtue signaling isn't new, social media just amplifies our voices in this era hence why we think it's a new thing

    • @Vantaz
      @Vantaz Před 6 měsíci

      ni**a did you not watch the first 10 seconds before commenting lmao

    • @salkoharper2908
      @salkoharper2908 Před 6 měsíci

      Yes it is true. If you think about it, the first people in England, in the 1700's (Evangelical Christians) who were opposed to slavery, would be classed as 'Virtue Signallers' today. people who were opposed to Facism in the 1930s, people who were against the Vietnam war were called 'Hippies' and would be classed as 'Woke' today.

    • @allgoodnamestaken6002
      @allgoodnamestaken6002 Před 6 měsíci +10

      This is very true. Virtue signaling has always existed but now with social media and the advancements in technology it's easier than ever to do so.

    • @richiehoyt8487
      @richiehoyt8487 Před 3 měsíci +2

      I'm inclined to think that in a lot of ways, social media means that individual voices get lost in the noise.

    • @royfr8136
      @royfr8136 Před měsícem

      no it is new - as a behaviour that is so played out. Most people just want attention and a thumbs up

  • @ManicIdiot
    @ManicIdiot Před 6 měsíci +354

    Giving to charity (aka generosity) is a virtue. When you do it privately.
    When it's done publicly, the virtuous nature is reduced because it becomes more about the person being generous instead of the generosity alone. There are few reasons to be generous publicly beyond getting pats on the back for it. Granted, it can be used to inspire generosity in others, but the peer support is unavoidable. That support taints the perspective of the motives for being generous.
    Like... imagine a person donates a bunch of money to charity over the course of their life, but no one knows about it until the person dies. That is often looked at with more admiration than a person who donates significantly more money, but flaunts it online for clout. And/or the tax break.
    Virtue is what you do because of what you feel is right regardless of public praise. Virtue signaling is what you do specifically for public praise. What separates the two is marketing.

    • @chrisparsonlives
      @chrisparsonlives Před 6 měsíci

      most charities are scams tho. not virtuous.

    • @Fancylvania
      @Fancylvania Před 6 měsíci +11

      What about saying you're donating to a charity for ten years when in reality you aren't doing anything at all? I wonder if there's any recent examples of something like that happening

    • @ManicIdiot
      @ManicIdiot Před 6 měsíci +4

      I had to read your post a few times because I got Kathy Newman stuck in my head going, "so what you're saying is.." and that was entirely wrong. Reading is hard. 😅 Amber Heard reference maybe?

    • @eurosonly
      @eurosonly Před 6 měsíci +14

      That's just called lying. @@Fancylvania

    • @ImOscarWallace
      @ImOscarWallace Před 6 měsíci +6

      Left hand should never know what the right hand is doing. I hate the fact that charities ask for a name.

  • @orboakin8074
    @orboakin8074 Před měsícem +7

    As a Nigerian, i have come to see that social justice and virtue signaling can only exist in a developed first world country with very few problems or threats. So, people, especially in urban areas, have bo purpose and need something to do and tend to create tension in their lives. That's why social justice and virtue signaling always fails and creates more problems.

  • @Don_Dewitt
    @Don_Dewitt Před 2 měsíci +32

    I remember when ISIS attacked Paris and everyone on Facebook changed their profile picture to one with a french flag.
    As if that does anything other than stroke your ego

    • @BlueStarJT
      @BlueStarJT Před měsícem +3

      I think people who changed the profile pic to the french flag were genuinely disgusted with what was going on in the world at that time and wanted to show it , unfortunately times have rapidly changed in the world and people now support and encourage such acts of brutality, like Hamas's terror operation against Israel on October 7th .

    • @consolas2514
      @consolas2514 Před měsícem +2

      It provides a magnifier to the issue for the people who don't read the news and only learn it from social media, which is a scary amount of people

    • @willyp1347
      @willyp1347 Před měsícem

      @@BlueStarJTI don’t think people with Palestinian flags in their bio are supporting Hamas. Their against the IDF’s response and previous violent actions. Just like how I doubt every Israeli supports the actions of the IDF.

    • @UdumbaraMusic
      @UdumbaraMusic Před 6 dny

      @@BlueStarJT I haven't seen anyone support Hamas' actions, just support for Palestinian civilians. There's a difference between people just trying to live despite the walls quite literally closing in on them and other people fighting an occupying force by any means. It's not like this thing just started last year it's been an ongoing thing for decades.

    • @BlueStarJT
      @BlueStarJT Před 5 dny

      @@UdumbaraMusic I've not seen anyone denounce hamas though ? The world has fallen silent on extreme terrorism because it doesn't fit thier narrative to call hamas out as the evil that they are .... Palestinian "civilians" cheered on hamas returning with hostages and dead isreali bodies so I think your nieve to believe they are innocent people, I understand isreal is guilty of very bad things over the past years , you have to look at it this way , isreal is surrounded by Islamic countries that want to destroy it simply because they are not muslim .

  • @BatCaveOz
    @BatCaveOz Před 6 měsíci +54

    Social media is the worst thing to happen this century.

  • @RyanKeane9
    @RyanKeane9 Před 6 měsíci +205

    Virtues and morals are best described as the things we do and think when nobody else is around. They are private and internal things.
    Signalling them in public, by their very nature, ceases them.

    • @brown_recluse_human3458
      @brown_recluse_human3458 Před 6 měsíci

      So, religion?

    • @RyanKeane9
      @RyanKeane9 Před 6 měsíci +6

      @@brown_recluse_human3458 let’s not get into the realms of the nonsensical

    • @SergioBocanegra
      @SergioBocanegra Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@RyanKeane9agreed

    • @ItsOver9000Productions
      @ItsOver9000Productions Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@RyanKeane9tell THEM that

    • @williambaird2594
      @williambaird2594 Před 6 měsíci +1

      If you're interested in virtues and their relation to ethics, read up on some Aristotle. I think what you're saying is that a truly virtuous person does the right thing regardless of who is watching, or whether anybody is watching at all. But virtues are always practiced in a society, right? Like, you can't be friendly without someone to be friendly to, and you can't be properly friendly without some care for the wellbeing of that other. Same with generosity. I suppose you can be generous to yourself, but we typically talk about generosity in terms of giving to others - so again you need an other, or a public to interact with.
      I'm not really disagreeing I guess, just pointing out that virtues require community, society, others, a public, etc. They're not a private thing, really

  • @jimmythewheelie
    @jimmythewheelie Před 6 měsíci +51

    0:26 "We dont care, youre a soap company" sums it up pretty good lol

  • @user-cr3ti1vj6f
    @user-cr3ti1vj6f Před 6 měsíci +76

    I'm old enough to remember the Christian virtue signalling; you know the evangelists with private jets, the purity rings and all that stuff.
    When the local Karens were all fanatic Christians, and powerful enough to cancel TV shows or video games.

    • @JimmyTheGiant
      @JimmyTheGiant  Před 6 měsíci +30

      Its the same with cancelling, evangelic christians were doing that heavily in the 80s

    • @Dapryor
      @Dapryor Před 6 měsíci +14

      Yeah, the megachurch craze. And they were the ones calling for censorship on things like books and video games.

    • @ManicIdiot
      @ManicIdiot Před 6 měsíci

      Dude, saaaaaame.
      It's the same playbook.

    • @TrollLol-sg3so
      @TrollLol-sg3so Před 6 měsíci +14

      @@JimmyTheGiant
      The far right : we are so sick of this cancel culture
      Also the far right: started cancel culture

    • @adambrennan2259
      @adambrennan2259 Před 6 měsíci +7

      @@TrollLol-sg3soChristians aren’t automatically far right

  • @15098D
    @15098D Před 6 měsíci +215

    I don’t see anything inherently wrong with identifying with a certain thing. I think the problem arises when you don’t back that up with action and/or use it only has a self-esteem boost

    • @ZelphTheWebmancer
      @ZelphTheWebmancer Před 6 měsíci +1

      I agree

    • @JimmyTheGiant
      @JimmyTheGiant  Před 6 měsíci +114

      I think its the lording morality over people, assuming a position on a world event means you are moral. But you may be an asshole in every other regard.

    • @southbanktrousers2
      @southbanktrousers2 Před 6 měsíci +21

      @@JimmyTheGiant where did that conclusion come from though? My social media is filled with people posting and discussing about world events and issues. It's never even crossed my mind that they're doing it just to try and appear morally superior to others. Can people not just want to raise awareness of certain things they feel are important?

    • @gi7685
      @gi7685 Před 6 měsíci +5

      15098D
      Thats the whole thing...
      They cant back it up...
      So you not seeing a problem in it but obviously know there is a problem is the big problem here

    • @kingrooper
      @kingrooper Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@southbanktrousers2Because if that's the only thing that they always talk about, they just wants to show people they know everything about the current thing. It just screams look at me I know everything about the current thing. Good Samaritans do things without needing to publicly show it, fake ones uses it to gain clout for their self esteem pills.

  • @KEEGANATORGAMING
    @KEEGANATORGAMING Před 6 měsíci +23

    The worst thing we ever did was give any person a platform

    • @arcsballss
      @arcsballss Před 6 měsíci +1

      thank you for this

    • @allanshpeley4284
      @allanshpeley4284 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Nah, freedom of speech is far better than the alternative. And if you're referring to social media, people have been preaching their opinions in town squares for ages.

    • @Don_Dewitt
      @Don_Dewitt Před 2 měsíci

      I'm sure those opposed the CCP, the Taliban etc would love a platform to speak out

    • @KEEGANATORGAMING
      @KEEGANATORGAMING Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@Don_Dewitt how dense are you ? That wasn’t my point at all

    • @Don_Dewitt
      @Don_Dewitt Před 2 měsíci

      @@KEEGANATORGAMING go on then expand on your original comment

  • @cjkmelee
    @cjkmelee Před 6 měsíci +21

    I liked how honest this video was about how normal virtue signaling is

  • @DeathUponYou133
    @DeathUponYou133 Před 2 měsíci +9

    so bottom line, virtue signalling is wanting to be seen as a "good person" without putting in any effort? basically just confirming what 99.99% of us already knew. & 2020 was most definitely the worst when it came to that sort of thing.

  • @user-ip1ow7hf8c
    @user-ip1ow7hf8c Před 6 měsíci +88

    Then there are those of us that just do our own thing and face accusations when we dont pick a side publicly.
    Just because i dont actively say i support something or not doesnt mean i don't have morals.
    And to then accuse me of choosing a side because i asked questions? Madness.

    • @ileolai
      @ileolai Před 6 měsíci +3

      what questions?

    • @flameron1
      @flameron1 Před 6 měsíci +21

      @@ileolaiany. It doesn’t matter what question. It could be as simple as “did that really happen”. Or why did that happen. That’s enough to make people angry. Simply because you don’t side with them immediately and ask questions to be informed

    • @pertoor
      @pertoor Před 6 měsíci +3

      In that case I think you're surrounding yourself with the wrong people. Or you give those people around you, that you don't really like/value, too much importance.

    • @flameron1
      @flameron1 Před 6 měsíci +3

      @@pertoor lol no. Nobody around me is like that. The only people who do that is my family back home who I don’t live with anymore and the occasional stranger. Also people online. But that’s a given. I don’t hang out with anyone I don’t like, that doesn’t mean that we agree on everything, but if we can conversate and actually talk then that’s all that matters

    • @HeadRedShot
      @HeadRedShot Před 6 měsíci

      @@flameron1 what is it you dont believe happened?

  • @CoreDump451
    @CoreDump451 Před 6 měsíci +14

    Daaammnn, those virtue wrist bands brought back so much nostalgia of the early 2000s. I remember I was between 8 to 11 years old when they were popular around 2005 and the few years after it. I even still have a HUGE bag of different wrist bands with all kinds of statements in them I didn't understand at the time.

    • @benmontjo
      @benmontjo Před 6 měsíci +1

      Most people I knew who were wearing them were wearing them for fashion because they were colorful. Most of them had no idea what it was about (Like crap like LIvestrong).

    • @MiguelX.Rodriguez
      @MiguelX.Rodriguez Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@benmontjoI was today years old when I realized those were virtue bands. I never really looked at them too close especially when most people who wore them wore multiple at a time. I doubt most kids that rocked them in my school even know what they said😂

  • @digriz85
    @digriz85 Před 3 měsíci +15

    As a Ukrainian I find it very helpful that celebrities do publicly support our right of self-defence. Famous people expressing opinions influence their followers and eventually politicians. Politicians vote for support and that in turn saves lives of Ukrainians.
    Yes, 20% of our territory is still occupied, millions of Ukrainians are refugees and it will take much more efforts to make the situation better.
    But it could have been much much worse and it still can get worse if we lose the support that we need so desperately.
    So sorry, despite I do like most of the other videos on this channel, I'm afraid this video misses the point a little bit.

  • @Coach_jayci
    @Coach_jayci Před 6 měsíci +17

    Can't believe you didn't highlight the Canadian government accidentally giving a standing ovation to a Nazi.

    • @AdamsHadEnough
      @AdamsHadEnough Před 2 měsíci

      Including Pierre Poilievre.

    • @krisburgess2857
      @krisburgess2857 Před 6 dny

      @@AdamsHadEnoughexactly it was not just the liberals it was the conservatives has well

  • @chantsmantrasandrelaxation5079
    @chantsmantrasandrelaxation5079 Před 6 měsíci +20

    I recently re-read an article by Martin Reiche (German YTer and journaller) who talked about how some people seem to feel they MUST have an opinion/take sides etc, so rather than say 'I'm not sure' or 'I think I need to learn more before I decide one way or another' they plough ahead and take a position. Perhaps the notion of "virtue signalling" is a part of the entire facade and personality/image that social media encourages - for example it may be better to be seen as decisive rather than knowledgeable depending on the image one is cultivating. This allows both pro and anti positions to validate their own position towards virtue signalling. EDIT: IMAGINE a world where we valued thoughtfulness so that the 'virtuous' position was that of consideration and information gathering.

  • @LiveFreeOrDie2A
    @LiveFreeOrDie2A Před 3 měsíci +15

    It’s not “virtue signaling” that’s the true issue. It’s that 99% of the time what’s being signaled isn’t virtuous. It’s vacuous, platitudinous, and immoral. Signaling true virtue can have it’s place if it leads by example and inspires others or brings to light a worthy cause and raises public awareness.

  • @ZelphTheWebmancer
    @ZelphTheWebmancer Před 6 měsíci +25

    Despite me having some small issues with the video, it is a important conversation to have. Tho, I think that virtual signalling is bad with individuals, it's way worse when (big) companies do it, because they have more financial and societal power than most will dream to have but decide to do very superficial gestures. Instead of staying neutral of apolitical, they choose the "We support the thing you like =D" without actual effort to support the thing. It's like they are trying to eat the cake and have it too when I think either supporting or standing neutral would be less bad.

    • @ManicIdiot
      @ManicIdiot Před 6 měsíci +5

      This is a fair response to have given how companies, by their very nature, are artificial. They're not a person. People make up a company, but the company runs on policy with a sole interest of making money. This means, even if everyone in the company were acting in unison, the messaging is still muddied they're very existence. A broken clock can be right twice a day, but it's still broken.

    • @frawgeatfrawgworld
      @frawgeatfrawgworld Před 6 měsíci

      What are your issues with it????

    • @jeffersonhassan4558
      @jeffersonhassan4558 Před 6 měsíci +3

      I'm sorry I don't agree with you on that,we live in an age of capitalism so it doesn't surprise me when companies takes advantage of it by supporting causes they don't even care about. That being said,I don't know about your experience but I grew up in Nigeria as a gay person and to see Disney hoist the LGBT colors did a lot for me as a queer teen,here we have a media and entertainment company that's bigger than any entertainment company in Nigeria standing up for us,it showed me that at least a company I love knows I exist and will welcome me with open arms if I hold hands with my boyfriend now if there was a conservative media company that don't give two shits whether I live or die or feel safe and well respected, I'm sticking with the one who acknowledged my existence even after all the backlash so to you,they should stay apolitical but I'd rather they be political because even if they don't care which is completely obvious they don't, they've changed something somewhere else,you just didn't see it

    • @gorgonismztruth1551
      @gorgonismztruth1551 Před 6 měsíci

      I stand against democrats and all there communist fuckery

    • @ZelphTheWebmancer
      @ZelphTheWebmancer Před 6 měsíci +4

      @@frawgeatfrawgworld The best way I can describe it is more of some _vibes_ idk. Like, from the title, virtual signalling isn't "collapsing society" (I hate video titles like that even if they aren't the video thesis), using pronouns in the bio as an example of virtual signalling is weird, some folks might use for that but it's not that much of virtual signalling, and some other stuff I don't remember. Overall the conversation about it it's important tho, and most of it exposes a lot of the problems with virtual signalling without falling to the pitfalls of political dogmatism.

  • @relax101mag
    @relax101mag Před 6 měsíci +32

    It's not the virtue signaling that is the problem, it's the emotional undertone driving it. It is often a cover for anger and blame which always leads to disaster

    • @dande5009
      @dande5009 Před 2 měsíci

      Acting unhinged on the internet is typically regarded as poor behaviour, possibly even signifying broader psychological issues. Doing it under the right cause is celebrated 👏🏼

    • @audie-cashstack-uk4881
      @audie-cashstack-uk4881 Před 2 měsíci

      Acting unhinged on the net is plain funnand shitposting its funy and undedstanding you dont own the internet it isnt real and its not a extenti9n of the self the internet has 3 uses shitposting information gathering and porn there is no other use oh maybe online gaming to if youncare about others behavior in a not real place its you who has the issue its no different tomspell checking the internet its phycotic ​@@dande5009

  • @Zzzabra
    @Zzzabra Před 6 měsíci +6

    Hey Jimmy, great Video, you`re taking on social responsibility with this one and talk about a very important topic that all too often is not being adressed or only being adressed in extremes that only escalate things further. Came a long way from watching your parkour content first, keep up the good work!

  • @Syrxen
    @Syrxen Před 6 měsíci +8

    Almost forgot I subscribed to you for parkour/freerunning. Congrats on the transition to something that can bring you a wider audience :)

  • @esf88
    @esf88 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Some really good points in there, good vid man ❤

  • @angelofchrist4494
    @angelofchrist4494 Před měsícem

    Binge watching you the last few days and I love your doc style and love learning

  • @davidwestwood351
    @davidwestwood351 Před 6 měsíci

    Great video Jimmy. Good points on all of this

  • @KyleWatters71
    @KyleWatters71 Před 6 měsíci +5

    Good to see even non-political CZcamsrs starting to speak up

  • @alexdavis1288
    @alexdavis1288 Před 2 měsíci

    you are spot on with your vids. its kinda refreshing to see a guy your age getting the problems in this world. good man keep going mate

  • @noxiousbaz
    @noxiousbaz Před měsícem

    Loved watching this with you.

  • @SplitAxisProductions
    @SplitAxisProductions Před 6 měsíci

    Great video as always dude

  • @Nirbanox
    @Nirbanox Před 6 měsíci +1

    Great vid!

  • @Pyrotechn1cs
    @Pyrotechn1cs Před 6 měsíci +1

    I love the one where if you wear a watch it shows people you can tell the time by looking at your wrist

  • @bazza5699
    @bazza5699 Před 8 dny

    i genuinely came to this video expecting to get pissed off, but instead ended up laughing my head off. nice one.. you really nailed it..

  • @theirishbandit7301
    @theirishbandit7301 Před 6 měsíci

    Fantastic video!

  • @currentyearok
    @currentyearok Před 3 měsíci

    great analysis 👍

  • @kerrigreen2626
    @kerrigreen2626 Před 6 měsíci +5

    It would have been interesting if you had looked at moral panics which is often the adverse of vurtue signaling, As both stem from the same points.

  • @Mtb-mxJesse
    @Mtb-mxJesse Před 6 měsíci +5

    You are such a good CZcamsr

  • @dianef4227
    @dianef4227 Před 2 dny

    I always try to be the one who questions blanket acceptance of a societal ‘truth’. Too many people go along with a cause without asking what the other side is. Admittedly I started doing that because it amused me, but now people have sensible conversations with me about potentially difficult topics because I listen to all sides.

  • @COLDMKULTRA
    @COLDMKULTRA Před 3 měsíci

    @JimmyTheGiant ... very , very good commentary indeed 👍

  • @Garblegox
    @Garblegox Před 6 měsíci

    1:40 lol, I said 'No... obviously' perfectly in sync with Jimmy. You've got my expectations dialed in

  • @joob6986
    @joob6986 Před 6 měsíci

    Great video.

  • @troudubut5951
    @troudubut5951 Před 6 měsíci

    Great video

  • @pegcity4eva
    @pegcity4eva Před měsícem

    I remember when we were first told to text a number after the Tsunami and people deluded themselves into thinking they were such wonderful people.

  • @thatRyzzle
    @thatRyzzle Před 4 měsíci +1

    I'm subscribed to this channel, and obviously, I immediately clicked Like on this video right when it started playing. No, even during the ad BEFORE the video. Yes, yes, yes, I'm that good of a person. #BetterThanYall

  • @radioactivepotato2068
    @radioactivepotato2068 Před 6 měsíci +2

    They were out there clapping on their doorsteps.
    CLAPPING ON THEIR F#$KING DOORSTEPS!

  • @tommorrison1414
    @tommorrison1414 Před 4 měsíci

    This was a pleasing and sensible take on a problem that exists throughout the political spectrum.

  • @Statitude1
    @Statitude1 Před 6 měsíci

    Great video 🦧

  • @Werebat
    @Werebat Před 5 měsíci +1

    There is an unfortunate intersection of Social Justice and narcissism.

  • @Shabakawn
    @Shabakawn Před měsícem

    Some good editing and writing 🎉

  • @sordel5866
    @sordel5866 Před 6 měsíci

    I subscribed for your parkour content but this was actually pretty interesting and well-researched. A bit over-edited but then that's your style.

  • @Austenstone118
    @Austenstone118 Před měsícem

    I would just like to say that I stand with this channel and pledge allegiance to this channel by subscribing to it and what it stands for in this present time and in years to come

  • @FreeSeoul
    @FreeSeoul Před 6 měsíci

    Btw alliteration is not when things sound the same in sequence, it's when they start with the same letters or sounds.

  • @bruceangel4459
    @bruceangel4459 Před 26 dny

    The power of daily brisk walking is so powerful and important to human beings that it cannot be reduced to virtue signaling. Walk briskly everyday to achieve the results that payoff like compounding interest.
    You need to open your eyes slightly wider while walking briskly, making sure to swing both of your arms while using your eyes for things both near and far.
    That’s it, it’s that simple.

  • @midwestcrimecorner
    @midwestcrimecorner Před měsícem

    My high school use to raise money and do walk-a-thons for Invisible Children. I did the walk-a-thon in 2009 with them. The school was in a major city, and we would walk 9 miles from the school, and all the way to the down town area, wearing the shirts we bought to be able to even do the walk-a-thon, with that money going to Invisible Children. When all of that later came out, the school stopped doing walk-a-thons. I remember so many people participating in it, year after year. They were definitely raking in the money.

  • @camaderrygoat1314
    @camaderrygoat1314 Před 6 měsíci

    Haha great Ryan Long plug 😂
    You're both legends!

  • @jameshardensfatsuit5726
    @jameshardensfatsuit5726 Před 6 měsíci

    Jimmy the Giant, nah Jimmy the Professor😤 great video man ✊

  • @thrackerzod6097
    @thrackerzod6097 Před měsícem +1

    I think virtue signalling can be quite important. While it can be seen as lazy, it does help raise awareness of important issues, not only that, it tells our politicians these issues are important to us. It helps shape public dialogue. While it is minimal effort and people should do more than simply virtue signal, virtue signalling is not inherently a bad thing and can be very helpful when raising awareness about ongoing problems.

  • @_xeere
    @_xeere Před 4 měsíci +9

    99% of "virtue signalling" isn't real. It's just people expressing their opinions. Accusing someone of virtue signalling is just saying that you think they don't actually believe what they are saying and only pretend to hold those beliefs to look good. It's basically just saying that the other person secretly agrees with you to avoid actually engaging with what their perspective.

    • @allanahjune
      @allanahjune Před 2 měsíci +1

      Exactly! Virtue signally is saying something without following through with the act for example Companies that greenwash but don’t minimise their carbon footprint or really care about the environment. It’s just moral posturing but not really believing it. Or people who comment on a cause but don’t follow with a donation or signing or making a petition. That’s virtual signalling. If people get scarred of being called a virtue signaller and misinterpret that, the whole community and world wouldn’t spin…..

  • @AdamsHadEnough
    @AdamsHadEnough Před 2 měsíci

    Perfect thumbnail Jimmy!

  • @robsthedon
    @robsthedon Před 15 dny

    Good one.

  • @avgriffin49
    @avgriffin49 Před 6 měsíci

    Jimmy, great work with the Father Ted reference

  • @gregcampbe1l
    @gregcampbe1l Před 6 měsíci

    solid video

  • @DeanWayne424
    @DeanWayne424 Před 6 měsíci

    The groundhog Day example really hits

  • @dakotawitt5886
    @dakotawitt5886 Před 6 měsíci

    I’m always happy to see when British Mac Miller uploads a new video ❤

  • @allanshpeley4284
    @allanshpeley4284 Před 3 měsíci

    I love how he included that Ryan Long bit. That dude's hilarious.

  • @Mardy1801
    @Mardy1801 Před 6 měsíci +10

    Really like these videos and your content. Keep up the good work!

  • @chestertheblack
    @chestertheblack Před 4 měsíci

    It's crazy because this video definitely made google edit their definition of this word to have the subtitle of derogatory. It was not there last month because I looked it up because I forgot what it meant.

  • @Davethreshold
    @Davethreshold Před 5 měsíci

    You REALLY won me over with this! The first time I saw a situation before the term "Virtue Signaling" was coined was on Seinfeld! Jerry was on a first dinner date, and his lovely date had about 5 wristbands on. He asked her what they all meant. This sweet Liberal Woman explained them all, and Jerry said, "So. You are pretentious!" Her: "I'm PRETENTIOUS???" She was so hilariously pi$$ed off by that insult.........🤡

  • @pierzing.glint1sh76
    @pierzing.glint1sh76 Před 18 hodinami

    Its not virtue signalling thats the problem. It's the hypocrisy thats sometimes there too.

  • @eriktheconan
    @eriktheconan Před 4 měsíci +1

    If you're not going to watch the whole video, you can skip to the summary and conclusion at 12:47

  • @foxyninjaa
    @foxyninjaa Před 6 měsíci +1

    Bro I've been watching for months and never actually looked at your subscriber count until now.
    You are criminally underrated, and you remind me of my mate Steve. Keep it up!!!

  • @ComfyCherry
    @ComfyCherry Před 6 měsíci

    I'd never seen the "I support the current thing meme" I love it so much XD

  • @JephJepheson
    @JephJepheson Před měsícem

    People not looking at the intricacies of situations in a very reactionary way always causes problems. I honestly believe in all situations that being well educated on the topic provides a much better argument and a much better result than only thinking as far as a simple action. Really, though, simple movements about raising awareness with good plans in mind are good as long as they don't come from places of narcissism or the want to be noticed.

  • @feelincrispy7053
    @feelincrispy7053 Před 6 měsíci

    Probably your best video to date.
    I’m a bad person I swear

  • @rupertsmith3496
    @rupertsmith3496 Před 4 měsíci

    Interesting video.

  • @Altaranalt
    @Altaranalt Před 4 měsíci +2

    "Your silence is deafening." I love this line, lol.

  • @toxicavenger7073
    @toxicavenger7073 Před 6 měsíci

    "If your really about the support for wtf ever you say then put your money behind it"-me talking to someone who posts about how much they support certain issues

  • @benkendall5562
    @benkendall5562 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Every action has an equal and opposite reaction - virtue signalling goes both ways for sure. The ones who actually help don't seek social media validation. I used to be a big Jordan Peterson fan after reading his work but now he has become what he criticised. It's sad how everyone feels a need to pick a side and not just have their own opinion.

    • @allgoodnamestaken6002
      @allgoodnamestaken6002 Před 5 měsíci

      To be blunt, and this is obvious-but with how easily accessible social media is nowadays, it's made zoomers way too comfortable saying shit they would never dare utter in the real world. It's why virtue signaling is so strong nowadays. Like, I've seen sooo many people with "#FreePalestine" and Palestinian flags in their Twitter names/bios, but these people were also completely silent during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It's a bit odd, wouldn't you think?
      Call it dark, but I'd like to see how quickly these people's "beliefs" would take a turn if they were ever to get drafted. Wonder where all that support and bravado would go, now that they actually have to fight for their beliefs instead of moral grandstanding on Twitter. It also says a lot when, you express a viewpoint that doesn't exactly align with theirs, they seem more focused on attacking you like a rabid dog and trying to tear you down than even attempting to understand your point of view-almost as if they're more concerned with moral grandstanding over whoever doesn't have the same beliefs as them than actually supporting the groups they say they do.

  • @meekrodriguez6438
    @meekrodriguez6438 Před 6 měsíci

    Nice video

  • @gammondragon8080
    @gammondragon8080 Před 6 měsíci +4

    Love that Ryan Long video you used, satirises it all so perfect.
    Awaken With JP on the other hand... an absolute hack and the epitome of the 'I support the opposite thing to the current thing' meme.

  • @mittfh
    @mittfh Před měsícem

    Something briefly touched upon via images rather than words: corporate virtue signalling, especially noticed in June when companies roll out rainbow versions of their logos, reverting in July; while often not actually doing much for the relevant cohort of employees and/or donating lots of money to politicians who aren't very accepting of that cohort (to put it mildly).
    Similarly with adding legally meaningless words or phrases to their products to make them sound more virtuous than they are (especially with products like shower gels claiming they're vegan when [a] no animal products have likely ever been used in the history of the product, and [b] you're not supposed to ingest the product anyway!
    One thing that doesn't help with the in group / out group thing is that politicians and the media like to pretend the world is binary: something or someone is either universally good or universally bad, with no room for nuance. Some countries also deliberately misinterpret any criticism of their leadership as a threat to their very existence (yes, multiple countries, not just the one on the Eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea).

  • @derunfassbarebielecki
    @derunfassbarebielecki Před 6 měsíci +15

    I dont view virtue signalling as a big issue on its own, but on the political scale, where people who refuse to participate in it are declared public enemies and people who receive criticism start calling themselves victims of cancel culture, its literally pure poison to democracy. Regarding the cancel culture stuff etc. right wingers basically created vice signalling, the only thing that matters is being against virtue and people who fall for it supoort ideologies, which can end our peaceful societies pretty fast.

    • @derunfassbarebielecki
      @derunfassbarebielecki Před 4 měsíci +4

      @@Regarded69 Actual conservatism is dead. In our anglocentric environment conservatism turned into a composition of fascist, libertarian and regressive opportunists who do anything to destroy democracy.
      Conservatism means keeping status quo and not trying to reestablish norms and laws from 50 years ago.
      Authoritarian right wingers nowadays just cant deal with people thinking differently than them, thats why every criticism, every idea which in some way or another challanges their agenda and regressive world view, is considered woke or left wing.
      And this strategy is successful, because right wingers dont reflect, they always believe to be right about something, while left wingers and even woke people reevaluate things, bring in new ideas and thats why stupid people without any competence in media start to believe fascist lies.
      I was once also on the side of the fake conservatives and thought woke people try to silence me, but after I decided to actually spectate people, I realised that woke might have strong opinions, but they dont cancel others like conservatives do. Another main issue here is, that left wingers dont hold good opinions about conservatives, so conservative cancel culture remains below radar, because the ones to criticise it, view it as so deeply conservatives, that criticising it is unnecessary.

    • @derunfassbarebielecki
      @derunfassbarebielecki Před 4 měsíci

      @@Regarded69 Yeah lets just ignore the second largest party in Germany is a safe ground for Neonazis.
      Dude youre so blinded by American "conservative" propaganda, that you wont even recognise, that the conservatives of Germany want this party getting banned too. You see fascists and you think they are conservative, because the fascists from US fooled you hard with their fake conservatism.
      Progressivism also isnt leftist. Another topic fascists from America have fooled you into believing it.
      Knife crime capital of Europe still has less violent crimes committed with knives than any major US city btw..

    • @derunfassbarebielecki
      @derunfassbarebielecki Před 4 měsíci

      @@Regarded69 Just get a life dude, American fascists possess you totally. Stop being a lap dog and actually educate yourself about the stuff your favourite right winged influencers claim all the time. And I mean all articles and not just selected ones to fit your narrative.

    • @user-bp1be1yg2h
      @user-bp1be1yg2h Před 2 měsíci

      Which is funny because I don't vote as I have no interest in politics and it's usually left wingers who make us bad guys.

    • @nodruj8681
      @nodruj8681 Před měsícem

      This is such a reactionary left wing comment lol, the right are doing what leftists have always done, they are counter signalling your "virtues" you're only mad about it because the shoes on the other foot not because its an invalid strat. Also on the cancel culture stuff many rightwingers have had their banks closed, and police at their door. Leftists are the privileged establishment hence why they aren't effected.

  • @tommoric376
    @tommoric376 Před 6 měsíci

    Good, well thought out video 👌 (im a good person i swear) 😂😂

  • @killustrator
    @killustrator Před 4 měsíci

    Thank you for stating the obvious and saying the same thing that's been said 1000 times already

  • @sarakajira
    @sarakajira Před 6 měsíci +2

    Best video you've done yet. ;) #ISupportJimmyTheGiant

  • @OneDollaCheese
    @OneDollaCheese Před 6 měsíci +2

    I'm a good person, I swear.

  • @vinny-zebu
    @vinny-zebu Před 4 měsíci +1

    This whole debate just turned into pure political grifting, people get lured into ideological boxes and influencer keep feeding the contrarianism and tribalism because it turns to profit. Nuanced discussion is dead because there is too much money involved. Corporations are the biggest culprits of that.

  • @PetSonoDog-iq6rq
    @PetSonoDog-iq6rq Před 4 měsíci +1

    This makes me glad to be a lone wolf.

  • @RuneMod
    @RuneMod Před měsícem

    Calmer heads prevail. I think this is good advice.

  • @meekrodriguez6438
    @meekrodriguez6438 Před 6 měsíci

    I like your videos

  • @AnonymousD0W
    @AnonymousD0W Před 2 měsíci

    Jimmys got that one guy I met but I can’t remember where look

  • @patriciaBurrows-om6vu
    @patriciaBurrows-om6vu Před 6 měsíci

    Hey jimmy can u do another rollerblading vid

  • @crimsoncola
    @crimsoncola Před 6 měsíci +3

    Ryan Long is a treasure

  • @giantred
    @giantred Před 3 měsíci

    I AM a good person, and you can TELL that I am a good person because I am always talking and typing about what a good person I am.

  • @dande5009
    @dande5009 Před 2 měsíci

    I think social media engagement has a lot to do with it now, too.
    This is a bit of a different topic altogether, but I have a theory that Millennials/Gen Z are primarily motivated by social media, whether that’s conscious or unconscious. The result is that basically every thought is screened for social media compatibility, with red notification icons being the end goal.
    And either form of engagement has value, whether positive or negative.
    If people approve, you get to enjoy the influx of clap reacts. If people counter what you’ve said, there are a litany of pre-prepared buzzwords at hand to discredit challengers - bigot, transphobe etc.
    These social media wins are basically the meaning of life so I don’t foresee people letting go of the shallow low-hanging fruit that is ‘virtue signalling’ anytime soon.

  • @smittywerbenjagermanjensen9809
    @smittywerbenjagermanjensen9809 Před 6 měsíci +6

    The fact that such a nuanced and level-head take on the subject of virtue signaling has caused so many butt-hurt comments from both/all sides tells me that virtue signalling is in fact a real problem and one that's not exclusive to any particular ideology.

    • @allgoodnamestaken6002
      @allgoodnamestaken6002 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Sometimes I get the feeling that the people that try and deny it's a thing are in fact the virtue signalers themselves.

    • @sdqsdqsdqs3825
      @sdqsdqsdqs3825 Před měsícem +1

      best comment on this video!

  • @rincandrepeat.999
    @rincandrepeat.999 Před 6 měsíci

    PREACH!🎉

  • @RK79KR
    @RK79KR Před 6 měsíci

    We have been going through this for almost a decade now...