[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

… defeated lofty notions of sacrifice and solidarity for the benefit of all.

It should read:…defeated lofty notions of sacrifice and solidarity for the benefit of a few.

[GSlob]

...sacrifice and solidarity for the benefit of a few.
All solidarity and sacrifices of the many have always been for the benefit of the few, albeit those few were always trying to disguise themselves as "the many" ot at very least as representing "the many". So what else is new? I've heard that the second apple had fallen on Sir Isaac Newton's head. "This confirms the law of gravity" - the prominent scientist was heard saying.