The hypocritical projection is so utterly unadulterated, can't help but longer if at least some of them are faking it, daring to see if anybody catches on, it's so chiseled that it borders on parody the way it's so glaring.
Others I wish they were kidding because I genuinely feel kind of bad for them if they weren't.
There are of course some prodders, ring leaders, or at least trying to be.
One in particular comes to mind who's so textbook, you can see her paging through some The Fine Art of Persuasion coffee table book straight out of the Oprah recommendation list that she have been studying since her PTA meetings attendance days, hoping that would lead to a position in the town council or even eventually mayor, which of course it didn't.