What you state of liberals in positions of authority is true, however it does not negate my opinion that there isn't a mental illness. My statement that "Their whole focus in on their own needs and wants" fits with your assessment. It also fits with an assessment of a psychosis.
These people are hungry for power because power provides the self esteem and ego satisfaction they crave. They are not selfless. Any anyone who believes that they alone have the the ability and the right to dictate to others how they shall live and exist are, IMHO disturbed.
Indeed, there are many who fall for such garbage (see my tagline). Much of that has to do with today's educational environment. And these people are happily used by the left for their own subversive purposes. Sorry, but that is as disgusting as it is deranged.
BTW, welcome to Free Republic. Being somewhat new here myself, I know how nice it is to find welcoming fellow FreePers.
I bet you are a Thomas Sowell fan. Your post echoes one of his frequent themes. Dr. Sowell has written some great opinion pieces about liberals making themselves feel good at the expense of others, with minimal (if any) sacrifice on their own part. I too get so tired of liberals parading their supposed moral superiority...