Yes, you are right. I wonder when that thinking started? How long ago? I guess when the country came second and the individual decided it was them that was most important? And there are a lot of those around now, though democrats seem to be more power hungry.
Probably one must think in a range of time say 1870 on. The Civil war placed America totally under the control of Northern money interests. The Civil War destroyed the closest to a nobility based upon land that America ever achieved. The Civil War was really Monied “Democracy” versus landed quasi nobility. Teddy(Circa 1900) had a “Power” drive and Wilson was ten times worse. FDR went power mad but would not kill. Hillary and those that will follow her will kill if necessary. “Caesarism!”