So, do people not want the government to save in or use good money?

Is Bitcoin not "money for enemies"?

And I won't argue that I'm doing a great job of steel maning the related arguments, but I feel like the related arguments are largely coming from people who would rather lose than have the people they don't like get any credit for them winning.

Most of my friends are quite progressive, and in the same way that some religious people's strong morals surrounding abortion don't allow them to acknowledge pragmatic considerations in said topic, I'd argue that many progressives are their own worst enemy because many seem to feel morally obligated to consider perfect to be the enemy of good.