I respect the people who actually volunteer. I also can respect when people are honest about the limitations of their own compassion. However, both are costly (the first in terms of time and second in terms of social cost). Claiming to care for others, while doing nothing for them, is the most selfish approach.

It's (frankly) the difference between Democrats from 20 years ago versus today. Policy disagreements aside, I believed the rank and file Democrat legitimately wanted to help and cared about the poor. It's now become a wasteland of grifting and virtue signaling. People are up in arms about Trump and the populous revolution on the right, but damn it if the left doesn't need one and badly.