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Ultimately, the conversation circles back to the importance of virtue in governance, urging a return to self-governing principles rooted in community, morality, and civic responsibility. With historical reference to philosophical frameworks established by thinkers like Aristotle and Alexis de Tocqueville, McIntyre posits that without a resurgence of civic virtue, societies risk becoming reliant on the very structures designed to erode their freedoms.