Sounds very 'Alinsky-ish". Did you ever notice that a lot of liberalism is based on the negative aspects of human behavior? Deceit, arrogance, jealousy, revenge and greed? They like to use "greed" as a malediction against conservatives, but in reality, we view 'greed' as having a very constructive component. (I say this using the term 'greed', because it doesn't mean the same thing)
There is a component of what liberals call 'greed' that animates the 'invisible hand' of capitalism, and makes capitalism the proverbial tide that lifts all boats equally.
We call it "making money"...they call it "making too much money".
Well...don't want to hijack this thread of an honorable man, so I better stop digressing.
Given the political and economic freedom to practice it, 'enlightened self-interest' tempers an elemental fact of human nature with the inherent spiritual constraints of a rational, moral people,
Enlightenment is the key of course; most serious thinkers of the 18th & 19th centuries - many of our Founders among them - viewing it as a prerequisite for a successfully functioning, sustainable society.
And those on the left with even a smattering of extant integrity know that, have always known that; hence their most vicious and sustained attacks being aimed precisely there.
Greed vs Enlightened Self-Interest is as Night vs Day.
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?