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I would amend this slightly. There are certainly some that subscribe to what you wrote, but I think a larger percentage of them don't go that extreme, but they do subscribe to the idea of "zero sum" for policy. So if they see any policy that benefits someone that is not themselves, the assume that that policy is taking something from themselves to make that policy happen. The net effect is that unless they see a direct tangible benefit to themselves then whatever policy in question must be defeated or discarded.