P.J. O’Rourke:
"The principle feature of American liberalism is sanctimoniousness.
By loudly denouncing all bad things -- war and hunger and date rape -- liberals testify to their own terrific
goodness. More important, they promote themselves to membership in a self-selecting elite of those who care
deeply about such things. It's a kind of natural aristocracy, and the wonderful thing about this aristocracy
is that you don't have to be brave, smart, strong or even lucky to join it, you just have to be liberal."
To be one of them, you don’t really have to effect substantive change for the good. You only need care and feel good about it. If you can get rich while doing it and celebrate amongst your contemporaries in that aura, all the better.