Politics of Meaninglessness

Political discourse is shifting from contests over facts and concrete policy to contests over affective posture and moral feeling, producing a ‘politics’ that lacks anchors in truth or actionable governance. This hollowing produces a durable public‑sphere dynamic where symbolic decency signals replace debate about ends and means. — If true, the shift changes how coalitions form, how persuasion works, and how accountability is exercised — moving politics toward identity performance and away from deliberative adjudication of competing facts and policies.