I don’t think humanity has ever not been morally bankrupt. Politics has always been immoral. Industrialism has always been immoral. Slavery was commonplace. We used to have feudalism and nobility.
Morals are only applicable to those who have no choice and power to choose otherwise.
Many people use "politics" as a dirty word. That's understandable.
However, I try to remember that politics is the process of getting and using power without violence. In this way, politics is both a practice and a tool. Let this soak in.
Once you realize that politics is about dealing with conflict in some context without violence, you can at least grant that it is better than punching someone in the face.
To generalize, you might say that politics is a game you have to play. Perhaps call it a necessary evil. But the framing is somewhat arbitrary. I'd rather say that using power wisely and justly is a moral and ethical requirement. To do otherwise would be to abdicate responsibility and squander your power.
It is curious that the so-called sausage-making of politics is considered to be unsavory. It is certainly a mix of sometimes inconsistent ideas.
But it seems likely that uneasy compromise tends to be better than an imposed set of consistent doctrines. Or not... stay tuned.
Each of those statements are rather simplistic, but for the sake of argument true-ish enough. I'm not at all surprised that there are sociopaths willing to leverage the twisted incentives in our system.
The sociopath comes natural, the system does not. It's malleable.
In a more balanced world, this behavior is corrected. That CEO should be chased down the streets or do prison time. Their assets seized and given back. Even more ideal would be for legislation to fix the twisted incentive.
The above stuff matters. Instead we focus on canceling somebody over an offensive tweet containing a word not at all offensive 3 days ago.
Morals are only applicable to those who have no choice and power to choose otherwise.