Mask debate aside- the fact that, in some circles, masks are being promoted as a fashion accessory, complete with huge price tags, whilst the poor become even more so, people lose their jobs & children go hungry, is a damning indictment of how self absorbed people are. 1/

So, we can afford $40 on a piece of flowery rag, but we can’t afford to pay you to shield adequately if you’re zero hours/self employed or to ensure poor kids have decent IT access for online lessons.

This is the height of performative liberal virtue signalling. 2/

We live in a post truth age. What matters more than actually being a decent person is the *perception* that you are a decent person.

So we clap, we wear expensive face masks, we emphasise our virtue, while kids suffer & families go hungry.

3/