Originally Posted by
sonatine
you literally described basic human empathy as something 'certain people' use to 'alleviate guilt'.
im sorry you had to find out like this but thats textbook.
Conservatives tend to just feel proud of what they accomplished, and don't sit around feeling guilty. They still have empathy, but they show it differently, such as through charitable donations or similar means. Conservatives don't virtue signal very much through their politics, while liberals do it constantly. The only conservative virtue signaling I tend to see has to do with patriotism, but even that tends to die down when we're not at war.