From Foundation for Economic Education:
But as Applebaum notes, progressives are in fact making decisions based on self-interest—he uses the word “greedâ€â€”not altruism. This should come as little surprise, and it would be perfectly fine if progressives were acting on self-interest in a market economy; but they are not. They are using the law in perverse ways to their own benefit—all while maintaining the belief that they’re acting out of altruism.