It feels like promotion of virtue is a valuable social function and neither bigcorps nor government are incentivized or interested in doing it in the US?

Possibly explains the popularity of "12 rules for life" etc. Also I feel like it's an underappreciated theme in @balajis.eth's writings on network states.

Yes. Virtue is good because it’s decentralized self-control. The more virtuous the society, the more self-disciplined, the less need for centralized law enforcement, rules, and punishment in general.

Virtue is why we can have nice things.

Assuming it isn’t bigcorps or government, what approaches to stable and distributed Virtue do you think would work for a network state?

Education of shared goals has to be a central part of culture. We can understand virtue as that which helps us reach our shared goals. This video explains a bit why assertiveness is important

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Education of shared goals has to be a central part of culture. We can understand virtue as that which helps us reach our shared goals. This video explains a bit why assertiveness is important https://youtu.be/DiCUbJAwmgk?si=SZvNKn8IhTi1vlyp

I always hated nosey judgy neighbors but now I understand it is an important aspect of culture to keep us all on track. Either we keep each other on track or big brother has to.