That attitude has been Zbigniew Brzezinski's bread and butter for 50+ years.
It's the same pretentious arrogance that made the crew of the Nostromo... expendable.
I agree with regard to Brzezinski. The man is clueless, but he has been the Left’s go to guy all too often.
As for the Nostromo, I’m not familiar with the story. Sounds like a good read from what I was able to discover in a few minutes.