Essay critiques moral outrage in public discourse, highlighting hypocrisy and ethical failures of political leaders.
This essay rips apart the modern intellectual scene, exposing how people use "moral outrage" as a cheap trick to push their own agendas while ignoring actual human suffering. It maps out the blatant hypocrisy of those who obsessively police Western mistakes while turning a blind eye to the same—or worse—abuses committed by the Chinese state. Ultimately, it calls out the political class for abandoning their principles to chase popularity, turning our public arguments into a hollow, dishonest performance.
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Asia Kimberly Bandoles (2026) studied this question.
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