I wasn’t going to like this - and I was right, but there’s something weird about presenting western classism or conservatism as a victim of progressive whatever when it’s a victim of itself.

You invent this world where everything is capitalism, everything is what you can sell, and then pretend like virtue was attacked by this other ideological frame. Prior conservatives warned of this!

Everything Rubio is describing requires sacrifice and humility which aren’t particularly American traits particularly in 2026.

But loss in faith in American greatness. The left may have more words for it, but it’s not a partisan phenomenon.

The people who truly want to uphold these virtues speak truth to power. If you really want to restore faith in America you do it through action not just words. You give something up.