Hear me out.
Progressives are willing to call out government waste and fraud when it’s directly anti-thetical to their views.
Will they ever get it with Bitcoin?
I know nostr, you’ll say probably not. BUT they at least have the capacity to get it with the DOD 
anti-thecal... OR when it's a proposal by the other side and they have to oppose no matter what...
They would have never done this if the proposal was made by Dems.
Let's not pretend they are doing this for the right reasons.
Some of the progressive caucus members still would for sure bc they hate corporate dems.
But I see your point and it’s far too true!
Excuse me but how much money did the pump over to Ukraine? And how much of that money actually went to what they said?
They are frauds and so are the career politicians on the right but for a few.
Its all a big game to 90% of congress. Any statement like this is for show because they really couldn't give a shit how much money they waste as we have seen how the deficit has exploded.
Don't fool yourself they need to put term limits on all of them, get rid of the lobbies and other special interest groups and how ever else they are paid off and controlled and put people who put the country first not themselves or their pet agendas to get votes that do nothing for the country.
The DoD is always a great dept to pin waste and fraud upon - and for good reasons. But it's EVERY Federal Dept that needs similar scrutiny and ire. Most people have their own pet departments they want to spare - or worse, increase funding to.
But that's the thing. Even though the purpose of any particular department may be something you agree with, it's still fraught with the same waste and fraud. Not to mention the the foundation of their funding is immoral - by government coercion and force.
At some point, I concluded that most people refuse to think for themselves and instead insist on blindly following thought leaders, whether they be political or religious figures, Odell, doctors, scientists, etc. So, for me, it's hard to imagine perspectives of the masses changing until the views of prominent thought leaders change, or prominent thought leaders are somehow replaced by different ones with different views.
You're so close!
Its when people no longer need thought leaders. When they can think for themselves. Or more specifically when they have to think for themselves.
Roughly speaking, most animals avoid moving more than necessary because doing so is a waste of energy and only increases the amount of food they need to find which reduces the likelihood of surviving and passing on their genes.
I assume that for the exact same reason (among others), humans, on average, don't think any more than necessary. Given that our brains consume something like 20% of the calories that we use, a group could potentially noticeably reduce how much food it needs to collect if a few people think real hard, and everyone else follows their lead.
I'd argue that since the Green revolution, since there have been more than enough calories for "everyone", we haven't needed thought leaders, but we long ago evolved to lazily rely on them, so people want them.
I get the impression that most people are actively against thinking for themselves because it's uncomfortable and people are soft and love comfort.
I assume that trying to get the masses to think for themselves is about like trying to make communism viable, and to be clear, I share share the average bitcoiner's perspective on the viability (or lack thereof) of communism.
