> nobody is running on issues that are a concern to almost everyone, such as anti-corruption. I think in modern politics parties don't want to run on such issu

> nobody is running on issues that are a concern to almost everyone, such as anti-corruption. I think in modern politics parties don't want to run on such issues because if both of the parties have same views on large % of issues and are talking about the same topics (e.g anti corruption), then you have to fight on execution and delivery, which can be fickle and requires hard work. By contrast, fighting on culture issues is not much work at all, and you don't have to fight on competence, as long as you find issues on which there is a big divide in the populace. It is like a corporate moat, a feature your opponent can't copy. By contrast, fighting on important issues that benefit everyone would lead to a commoditisation of politics. All parties would look similar and people would choose basis who delivers better. Culture politics is good for those who long for power, but bad for everyone else.