Oscar Wilde said, "As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular."

I believe we could apply this same observation to politics; (where politics is defined as 'any effort toward or struggle for power and control').

In this sense, War is a subset of Politics.

In this sense...

Wickedness is beside me.
Vulgarity is beneath me.

Wickedness frolics.
Vulgarity oozes.

Wickedness excuses my humanity.
Vulgarity degrades my humanity.

Wickedness is refined vulgarity.
Vulgarity is impoverished wickedness.

As the line is stretched thinner, I can see that...

To be wicked is to be vulgar.

A case could be made that when the dots are connected, politics is necessary to maintain order. This case is typically made by those individuals most drawn to this struggle for power and control. Those most drawn to politics frequently quarrel. Thomas Hobbes' three principal causes of quarrel are 1) Competition for gain; 2) Diffidence or constraint for safety; and 3) Glory or honor for reputation and credibility.

If we define gain in terms of power and control, then...

Competition for individual gain at the harmful expense of others is vulgar;

And...

Competition for communal gain that lacks ethical consideration and harms others is uncivilized.

If we redefine gain in terms of individual exoteric goodness (i.e. gifted goodness left in one's wake) and global progress, then...

Competition becomes a struggle for logic and reason that ethically debates merit;

And...

The quarrel becomes mutually honorable.

I believe order can be maintained by individually refocusing on exoteric goodness and universal compassion, and by recognizing the vulgarity of quarrelsome politics.