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keiferski 6 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Western designs fail in developing countries [...

Virtue signalling is a pretty close term.

card_zero 6 months ago [–]

There's "savior complex", too.

Alias_Knagg 6 months ago | [–]

I always thought the sale of Indulgences by the catholic church was a good metaphor. How about "Eco-indulgences"?

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