Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely the most numerous. - - - Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" 1897
It’s what they do. The hypocrisy has been there for a long time. More recent has been the lazy, knowing smirk that conveys “Yeah, and so what? What are you going to do about it, asshole?”