I've had a hard time reading your article because, in my opinion, the words political leaders and moral commitments cannot fit in the same sentence. There was a time when I used to like a politician for his moral stance, but not anymore. Your article makes a good point, people do want to live in a fair and just society, but I'm afraid 99% of the politicians take advantage of this natural desire and simply pretend they have a solid moral stance. In my country, it's all about corruption, it's been like this for the past two decades. People go out and vote for those that shout louder that they will fight against corruption. Even worse, if a certain politician turns out to be corrupt himself, his supporters for the most part do not feel let down by such a betrayal, they simply ignore the facts. I really wish I could live in one of the experiments you're talking about where hypocrites get what they deserve.