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Maybe because it's perceived as noble thing to do so people would signal that to others as benefit to themselves - to get higher status in a group.

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Maybe depends on how dumb the others are -- the easier to fool, the more effective virtue signaling would be?

And, like @Scarblac wrote, sometimes it's a bad idea -- if the others see through it?

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