You say its hard to figure out Democrats yet you described them perfectly in your next sentence. (Good job by the way!) The only question left is their motive. I’ll finish that thought for you: their motive is CONTROL. They want and feel entitled to run everything. The reasons for this are complex but its the bottom line.
They’re terrified of rugged individualism, and can only live pack behavior. Just like a colony of bees or ants, can’t exist alone, like conservatives can.
RinaseaofDs strikes upon the motive of Democrats, or any leftists by other labels, when he says that they believe that “government is a force for good.” This is the heart and soul of leftist politics, and it has been since the beginning of leftist idiocy. Government is God with a capital G in leftist ideology, and the purpose of their God is to control mankind because their God is good.
Never mind that control is an illusion, or that government is at best a necessary evil, that is always overreaching what is necessary. That pearl of reality and wisdom is out of the scope of leftist tunnel vision.