The take I saw this week, from a discussion I had in relatively polite company:
"The problem with society these days is everyone is so selfish..."
(wait for it)
"... they only think about themselves and what they can get out of everyone else..."
(wait for it)
"...humanity needs a course correction..."
(uh oh)
"... humans need to stop asking for handouts and start asking what they can do for humanity..."
(appetizer, and now main course)
"... and we need to believe in ELO~N so ELO~N keeps believing in us!" :so-true:
:agony-yehaw:
Tried to get someone to define what they meant when they say "imperialism" and they said "it's when you think you're better than someone else and then act upon it".
Sometimes you have to realise you're talking to children.
That does sound like cartoon-tier understanding of motives.