“What preoccupies us is the way we define success,” she says. “If you see your life purely in terms of money and power, then everything in your life becomes about 'Am I getting ahead?' and that is truly a barbaric way to live, because it eliminates huge chunks of our humanity.”

... Says the woman who married a gay man for the money and switched political philosophies 180 degrees to please her hollywood friends... yeah... real credible...

Jason, that's what makes her so interesting. She believes she is internally consistent.

Internally she is consistent.  She does what's in he enlightened self interest to preserve her lifestyle and pursue the next higher class of society however possible.  She may agree it's barbaric to be all about getting ahead but she doesn't say she wouldn't do it.