It’s kind of amazing on how much discourse and hate people can generate just for the sake of it, especially for a group/religion of people who live their lives so so selflessly. Like, these people live few personal possessions, share everything, and literally dedicate their entire lives to public service. It’s not just a job; like public service generally is for people in the real world - it’s literally their way of life. It is their life.
They go around negotiating treatises that generally save lives (stops/prevents more conflict) and help people that they cross paths with and do their best. They can’t help everything for everyone - it’s simply not feasible - but they do what they can. All the while trying to give others agency and room to make their own choices. It’s this balance that makes sense.
Whether you like the Jedi or not, they live way more selflessly than almost anyone else in the galaxy. They live more selflessly than most people here in the world. They would - and have - given their lives to near complete strangers, for worlds and cultures and people not their own. Say what you will about the Jedi and how they do things, but you cannot tell me that they are selfish beings when all they do is for others.