The basic problem is that Leftist thought leaders -- for example the economist Paul Krugman -- have been telling their audience now for 15 years that "bitcoin is a scam". The issue is that in order to change their minds, these thought leaders would have to say "Hey, I was wrong, and also -- oops -- my advice cost you, my audience member, literally millions of dollars.".... This is why progress will be slow with progressives... it will basically take a new generation of progressive thought leaders to make this transition possible....