An ex-friend of mine and her father, both classic liberal New York Jews, are perfect examples of this. They both hate high taxes for themselves, neither ever want to be told what to do on ANYTHING... but they vote Left as religiously as the sun coming up. Her father literally voted New York into the tax burden it is, and then moved to Florida because “I’m not paying those taxes!” Now he’s in Florida, voting for higher taxes. They are truly warped somehow. I mean... I honestly believe something’s wrong with them both.
For most liberals, politics is their faith, a severe and uncompromising faith that rejects reason and practical accommodation. The result is that most liberals are rank hypocrites, like corrupt but doctrinally pure Renaissance cardinals with mistresses on the side and spies and cut throats on their payroll.