Character sets people apart. If it’s poor and degraded, I stay away or find a way to work my way out, even if I’m entangled with them.
People with good/great character are vibrant, more alive and reaching toward higher places. They’re not the kind of people who volunteer to live in las Vegas if you know what I mean.
I used to think culture determined levels of character but that’s not entirely true. Sure you can have a unified society but ultimately people make the individual choice to be good, transparent, grounded and true.
Of course, there would be no development or growth of good character if there weren’t some bad ones to set the bar so low.