exceptionalism

Wildlife management in the United States has long been informed by dominant cultural and religious worldviews, particularly those grounded in notions of human exceptionalism and control over nature.

Once the web of connection is admitted, belief in a special tribe, a superior race, a chosen people or any other kind of exceptionalism becomes difficult to sustain, and the basis for racism starts looking as hollow as it is.

Do not believe those public voices and any others who say that these rising waters have stopped and that “the worst danger is behind us” and that "everything will be okay in the end" because of “the institutions” and “American Exceptionalism.”

This belief in exceptionalism is both American and part of a global history.

I would say it's paternalism, the idea that the leaders know what's best for everyone else and therefore can act for everyone else, and the idea of being a chosen people, of exceptionalism.