This is the most dangerous of all these illusions, because it treads on moral grounds and arguably lulls citizens and hence public opinion into a senseof heightened righteousness and false security.
When the prince of Egypt, for just his own senseof rage and righteousness, killed a taskmaster and was banished for taking the side of the slaves, only then did his real origin become clear to those around him.
But the senseof entitlement and righteousness that seems intrinsic to contemporary liberalism has been endorsed by the press and allows Democrats to play outside the rules.