[saveliberty]

I can. Eric Hoffer's book "The True Believer" makes the assertion that people who feel that they did not earn their good fortune (perhaps young Ron jr) feel that they must compensate by "altruistic" actions (as embodied by the liberal left).

It's a good study that supports TS Eliot's quote (ht Thomas Sowell)

Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm-- but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves. -- T. S. ELiot3

[svcw]

Thanks.