>>509240408Boutique liberalism is basically the garden-variety form of activism that you see liberals engaging in whenever they see their favorite politicians, podcasters, and other political talking heads in the media telling them to suddenly start caring about something.
It is superficial.
It is performative.
It is only meant to demonstrate that they consider themselves to be sophisticated and morally superior compared to those who wouldn't do the same performative actions or share their same political beliefs.
It is meant to signal that they belong to a very specific socio-political subculture, which itself is often an outgrowth of upper middle class affluent white liberalism.
It doesn't demonstrate any strong commitment to any cause they profess to care about.
It doesn't demonstrate any in depth knowledge of the particular issue.
It signals "belonging" to a certain socio-political club, and this can be useful for social networking, particularly in heavily liberal metropolitan areas.
While conservatives consider it to be nothing more than "virtue signaling," it is really more of a ritual to reinforce the bonds of socio-political tribalism.
It is basically the NPC meme, howeve4, the socio-political subculture of contemporary liberalism serves the purpose of furthering a globalized technocratic agenda which doesn't respect national boundaries and which serves the interests of international finance, big tech, military contractors, intelligence agencies, and big pharma.