I mean, I'm mostly criticizing your post, since I'm not allowed to downvote it, I have to use my words.
But it's the definition of virtue signaling. There is absolutely a group of people who think it is virtuous to be "above the fray" and "smarter than everyone else" and it's represented by loudly denouncing "both sides" and implicitly positioning yourself as better than them.
I mean, ultimately I would have preferred you just not post that so I didn't have to read it, but then I went and replied to you and replied to your reply so now I'm hypocritically adding more garbage to the thread.
All that being said, since I'm writing something at all, I am genuinely frustrated at people who say things like "lack of political representation". America has an absolute ton of representation at every level and if you want to be heard, you absolutely can be.
But beyond that, this is a representative democracy which means you need to compromise with other people in order to move forward. Those compromises are called political parties. You're never going to have a massive country wide political party that represents the exact details of your needs and wants, but what you can do is influence the existing ones to move closer to your goals.
So, you know, the next time you're given a choice of people to vote for, think about which one is going to move you closer to your goals and which one is going to move you further away.
But it's the definition of virtue signaling. There is absolutely a group of people who think it is virtuous to be "above the fray" and "smarter than everyone else" and it's represented by loudly denouncing "both sides" and implicitly positioning yourself as better than them.
I mean, ultimately I would have preferred you just not post that so I didn't have to read it, but then I went and replied to you and replied to your reply so now I'm hypocritically adding more garbage to the thread.
All that being said, since I'm writing something at all, I am genuinely frustrated at people who say things like "lack of political representation". America has an absolute ton of representation at every level and if you want to be heard, you absolutely can be.
But beyond that, this is a representative democracy which means you need to compromise with other people in order to move forward. Those compromises are called political parties. You're never going to have a massive country wide political party that represents the exact details of your needs and wants, but what you can do is influence the existing ones to move closer to your goals.
So, you know, the next time you're given a choice of people to vote for, think about which one is going to move you closer to your goals and which one is going to move you further away.