"Those then, who resist a confirmation of public order, are the true Artificers of monarchy—not that this is the intention of the generality of them. Yet it would not be difficult to lay the finger upon some of their party who may justly be suspected. When a man unprincipled in private life desperate in his fortune, bold in his temper, possessed of considerable talents, having the advantage of military habits—despotic in his ordinary demeanour—known to have scoffed in private at the principles of liberty—when such a man is seen to mount the hobby horse of popularity—to join in the cry of danger to liberty—to take every opportunity of embarrassing the General Government & bringing it under suspicion—to flatter and fall in with all the non sense of the zealots of the day—It may justly be suspected that his object is to throw things into confusion that he may 'ride the storm and direct the whirlwind.'"
Interesting quote.
Humans are selfish, and that's perfectly healthy in moderate doses. Functioning societies accept this and design public policy around it by aligning individual incentives with the common good. The problem with leftists is they try to force people to act against their own nature, but the leftists of course exempt themselves from having to do that so they can exploit people they've conned into playing their retarded game. It's basic game theory.