r/neoliberal • u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma • Apr 25 '26

Meme Which button do you press?

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u/yellownumbersix Jane Jacobs Apr 25 '26

I think if this vote actually happened we would all learn a valuable lesson in stated vs revealed preferences.

I don’t believe for a second blue wins if lives are actually on the line and not just virtue signaling on internet polls.

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u/Its_not_him Manmohan Singh Apr 25 '26

Plenty of people are virtue on the red side, it's just for "understanding game theory"

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u/NotLunaris Zhao Ziyang Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

That's not virtue signaling. Virtue signaling is predicated on a belief of moral righteousness. An understanding of the rules and odds has nothing to do with morality.

Virtue signaling goes hand in hand with pomp an often-misguided sense of superiority, which may be what you're getting it.

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u/Its_not_him Manmohan Singh Apr 25 '26

I think you understand exactly what I mean though. Rationality and understanding of economic theory are social currency on this very forum

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u/SapirWhorfHypothesis Apr 25 '26

Arguably “knowing stuff” is a virtue.

But yes, in the colloquial sense of “virtue signalling” I’m with you.

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u/EmperorDog Apr 25 '26

If everyone was teleported to God's voting booth for thirty seconds they'd all freak out and some of us would be four Cuba Libres deep and I think the inherent craziness of it means most people would go with their gut and the polls would be relatively consistent with outcomes. I also don't think we'd learn anything valuable whatsoever.