unvirtuous

Martin called the rise in erosion part of an “unvirtuous cycle” of more fires, more eroded soil, which leads to more infrastructure failures and, ultimately, less water.

Because Trump himself was so conspicuously unvirtuous, he couldn’t easily take advantage of the standard faith-flag-and-family branding that preceding Republican candidates had long used to denote their moral superiority.

These events typically involve a white racial framing that not only stereotypes and interprets Black people and their actions in negative terms as unvirtuous — e.g., dangerous, criminal, violent, druggies — but also portrays whites, including police officers, as virtuous, manly, superior and dominant.

An unvirtuous cycle soon reinforced itself: People were not trusted to isolate at home if they tested positive, so they were forced into government camps.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many people, myself included, were worried about a repeat of this unvirtuous cycle.