You have them nailed. Remember what Saul Alinsky preached in Rules for Radicals - The issue is never the issue. The goal is always power.
Therefore, global warming is never about global warming - it is about power. Abortion is never about abortion - it is about power. Political correctness is about power. National health care is about power. Etc., etc., etc.
They don’t care about hypocrisy. They know they are hypocritical. They take what ever position on any issue they think they need to take to advance their power. It is opposite of what they said before? So what! The media won’t take them to task. They will support them.
Abortion, which kills the most innocent, they support. Capital punishment, which punishes the guilty on behalf of the innocent, they are against. It has been that way for years. Does that cause them shame. Absolutely not. Each advances their agenda of confusing and demoralizing the population. Each takes us closer to state control. Each takes them closer to power.
The examples are endless.
You have them nailed too. That’s two of us. The real problem is the fools who believe these scoundrels and lavish them with luxuries and—as you say—power!