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What's the point in arguing about Qatar?

James O'Brien - The Whole Show

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Why Do You Think Virtue Signaling Has Been So Popular?

If you inhabit a system that upholds epic inequality at discrimination and even persecution, if you uphold that system... remember that most of our media does. So why do you think virtue signaling has become such a popular phrase? Why do you think do good has become a pejorative? I'll tell you why it is. And you may well not thank me for it, because you could easily be a victim of what I'm about to describe. They are desperate to pretend that your human fallibility in a complex world is the same as their deliberate malevolence. That's where all of this comes from: If you're a big enough scumback, have a column in Rupert Murdoch

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