The political correctness of Ra and the Confederation

[anagogy]

On the matter of how STS entities view their service to the world, I would "recommend" (from a purely academic standpoint) looking into the writings of Ayn Rand.  I find her philosophy of Objectivism is probably the best illustration ever written of how self-focused entities still see themselves as doing good, and honestly believe that their approach to the world is the one that produces the best results for society.  With a close reading, one can also spot many of the blindnesses and biases inherent to such a point of view as well.

There's a lot in Atlas Shrugged that people on this board would find highly objectionable philosophically (myself included), but reading it would almost certainly yield a much better understanding of the STS mindset.  She's basically the High Priestess of Selfishness.

I think this pretty much sums it up:

"Ra: The negatively oriented being will be one who feels that it has found power that gives meaning to its existence precisely as the positive polarization does feel. This negative entity will strive to offer these understandings to other-selves, most usually by the process of forming the elite, the disciples, and teaching the need and rightness of the enslavement of other-selves for their own good. These other-selves are conceived to be dependent upon the self and in need of the guidance and the wisdom of the self."