Abandoning virtue is not so much an abandonment of personal virtue but abandoning societal virtues of what is expected of one.

Why get a 9-5 job if you can sling $500 into a meme coin and make $10,000 overnight? Or why work a consulting job that punishes efficiency because your bonuses are dictated upon running up billable hours? Regardless, one still can’t afford a home or family.

A consensus is forming: If the rules aren’t working, let’s abandon them and seek out something new.


To be clear: Abandonment of virtue is not necessarily pure nihilism, but a rejection of structures which have held you back.