Account Deleted By User Kinda looks that way. After all, it is the Democratic Socialist/ Communist who sees themselves as the moral authority for all others. Consider Bloomberg outlawing drink contents and sizes for New Yorkers. He felt his importance as mayor to dictate to you the NYC citizen what you can and cannot drink. Or consider the plastic straw ban. It's become popular in coastal liberal progressive enclaves. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/the-last-straw-seattle-will-say-goodbye-to-plastic-straws-utensils-with-upcoming-ban/ Leftists believe people are slobs that routinely throw their straws into the ocean and have to be dictated to like children and have their choices removed from them because they are incapable of learning and have no self control. At least that is the message of the plastic straw ban.  Obviously Leftist governments didn't think an education campaign on the damage done to sea life by plastic straws and on how people can help reduce the damage by throwing their trash into receptacles would work. Leftists believe you and I are too stupid, too brutish to care or change, so Leftists fix everything with a ban.  For a Leftist, the ban is like taking an object out of a baby's hand. They ban things because we don't know better and can't be trusted to make a mature, responsible choice. LEFTISTS WILL MAKE OUR CHOICES FOR US. FOR OUR OWN GOOD. Leftists leaders are self-important because only they do things right. Now let's consider the need for excessive attention and admiration. This is where a picture speaks a thousand words. https://static.politico.com/d3/ae/856dff5c4ea3b6c3f441def14071/dem-cliques-squad-290px.jpg https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=congress+women+in+white+photo&qpvt=congress+women+in+white+photo&FORM=IGRE Finally, the lack of empathy is easy to show for Democrats. Currently the party is ignoring the desires and beliefs of Americans completely. Americans mostly oppose open borders, giving free anything to illegal aliens, or the failure to prosecute corruption within your own party.  Yet Democrats are in your face, American Citizen, on those issues -- defiantly ignoring their responsibility to represent you. Remember! That's why they were elected -- to represent YOU and your best interest -- not their own agenda and socialist/communist/anti-American beliefs. The perfect illustration of lack of empathy is Ocasio-Cortez, former bartender turned Congresswoman,  telling Americans she's in charge and we are all just shouting from the cheap seats.  http://redreporttoday.com/index.php/2019/ocasio-cortez-says-shes-in-charge-youre-just-shouting-from-the-cheap-seats-james-woods-fires-back/ That whole "cheap seats" remark carries so many negative connotations! She certainly has NO EMPATHY for beliefs of Americans that contradict her own. And in case you think this is out of lockstep with the Democrat Party, think again. Many label her THE NEW FACE OF THE DEMOCRATS, including DNC Chairman, Tom Perez. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/07/03/dnc_perez_alexandria_ocasio-cortez_represents_the_future_of_our_party.html https://www.truthdig.com/articles/truthdigger-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-the-new-face-of-the-democratic-party/ https://radicalcapitalist.org/2018/07/23/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-the-new-face-of-the-democratic-socialist-party/ I think I have satisfactorily demonstrated that, as a whole, the Democrat Party has veered into NARCISSISM as defined by The American Heritage Dictionary: narcissism n. Excessive preoccupation with or admiration of oneself. synonym: conceit. n. A personality disorder characterized by self-preoccupation, need for admiration, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem. Oh. In case you think that last phrase of the definition about self-esteem doesn't fit, let me show you how Democrats fail to exhibit self-esteem. According to Positive Psychology, those with healthy self-esteems are open to criticism, acknowledging mistakes, being comfortable with giving and receiving compliments, and displaying a harmony between what one says, does, looks, sounds, and moves. The Russian Collusion narrative is the definitive example of lousy self-esteem on the part of Democrats.  Congress and the Senate investigated it and FOUND NOTHING. Mueller investigated it and FOUND NOTHING. But Democrats will not admit wrong. They will not accept criticism on the matter, nor will they give the President any credit or compliments on what he's done right. Disharmony with Republicans is all they are capable of, though POTUS has asked for joint effort to solve the border problem by fixing the loop holes in the law. I think we can see that as a group the Democrat US Congressional Representatives suffer Narcissistic Personality Disorder.