Trump embodies this more than anyone and is worshipped for it, you really cannot make up the cognitive dissonance.Does it bother anyone that our elected leaders have trouble meeting the basic standards of civic piety? I'm not talking about religion, I'm talking about piety as it was understood in every culture - being a good father, taking care of one's parents, being faithful to one's wife, making an honest living. Such people won't even run for office now. The most impious seek the highest offices.