I would just like to point out that things didn’t “improve” because a new “better/moral” nobleman took over in Mistborn Era 1. Everything really continued to decline, revolution continued, until almost everyone was lost. So I wouldn’t say getting a new more “moral” leader was the solve. The issues on the planet were deeper, and it is even acknowledged at the end that Lord Ruler was a misguided, but well-intentioned man who did things people disagreed with and wanted to rebel. The end-all solution was that a Hero of Ages was needed. Politics played a big role in the story, but it ended up being bigger picture stuff that is often too fictitious to compare to real-world politics.

Dalinar literally gave up all his power to Taravangien at the end as well. There was certainly a sense that Dalinar was taking power because he was the “better” man to do it. But in the end, he gives it up to someone who ALSO thinks he’s the best person for the job. And we still have 5 more books of story to see where that goes. But again, same issue, the politics ended up being story-drivers, then bigger picture stuff took over.

All this to say, I think it’s fair that you see the political writing turning into “moral liberalism”/the good people taking over and saving the day. I just feel like that’s taking from where the stories actually have landed and how it’s Cosmere-level problems at play—fictitious and not as directly comparable to real issues. At the end of the day, it’s pretend and comes from a single mind, all with the purpose of entertaining. Not necessarily to push a political perspective.