Agreed. Politics of virtue is highly influenceable, and has been for a long time - religion, culture, gov’t, media.

Perhaps why it’s so messy right now is because there is no longer a single source of information - and people are trying to figure out what it means to have other takes.

I think one thing to also consider is that politics of consequence involves a lot of self sacrifice - and so even without politics of virtue, only a tiny fraction will participate it in. Politics of virtue on the other hand has little to no consequence on them.

It’s a good piece Mike. Hope you write more