Like, yes, you can say the contemporary @GOP has a simple conviction: greed. (They certainly don't have conservative principles, other than ritualistic ones.) But, do you really think people like @senatemajldr or @LindseyGrahamSC don't just get off on the exercise of power?)
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I certainly don't mean this as an excuse (they're pretty shit human beings) and I'm not sure it matters, but "they're doing it because they are evil" and "they are doing it because of a compulsion to win that doesn't allow the perception of costs" are different things.
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"Did you ever heard the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the wise? … He became so powerful that the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power."https://youtu.be/05dT34hGRdg
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There's always a Star Wars Clip!
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