Does the Undermine cutscene remind you of someone? www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Agv...

Thing is, he's convinced that he IS doing good. His viewpoint is that if you are weak, you don't deserve his "hard earned" tax dollars.
He believes in Fermi Great Filters: Human Race intelligent enough to be contacted by Aliens, which is why we haven't seen them.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_F...