"Political analysis" won't save your soul, virtue and holiness will.
Those aren't opposed.
Bl. Claud de la Colombiere, Spiritual director of St. Margaret Alocoque, said more people are damned for neglecting to do their duty of state, which primarily means civic duty. "These [civic] duties take precedence over private duties." because "Public good must prevail over private good." (PDF p. 33 of
this).