Its interesting to watch people that are comfortable in almost every space to find one where they don't feel that way. Anarchists and Libertarians live their entire lives being the odd balls in any large group. No one cares. They are mocked and ridiculed. When something(Satoshi) is created by a person that clearly understands the world in a similar way it will attract them first. I remember the first time I read the white paper. It blew me away. How obvious it was that this person understood Austrian Economics and the ideals of liberty.

To be fair, Nostr, Twitter, and SN are not representative of all who hold bitcoin. But I have yet to actually meet a progressive bitcoiner in person. There are some online but I'm not convinced they are actually progressives. More likely they will drop bitcoin or will move to a less egalitarian world view.

Over the years I have noticed something though. Most people just gravitate to the right or the left. These are the two choices presented. Often this is just a gut thing for them, it seems to me. Often I notice that they are all over the place on different subjects. Rarely do progressives actually understand the right. Rarely does the right actually understand progressives.

Many libertarian or liberty minded people align with progressives on different topics. Mostly around abuses of the state against our fellow humans. Most libertarians are anti-war (a topic the left used to care about). Many libertarians I know are generous and care for the poor across the world. They just have a different idea about the causes of poverty and the solutions. Few non-libertarians are even interested in investigating the ideas, let alone understanding why libertarians don't align with their ideas. There is an extreme lack of curiosity. Most libertarians either come from the right or the left. Most understand those movements. I often find I understand them better than people that claim to be on the right or the left.

It is rare I meet a progressive, or a right leaning person that understands economics. I honestly wonder how different the world would be if truly free market economics were taught to children. If instead of allowing the state to care for our neighbors, the plebs did it. The churches did it. You see, while I believe taxation is theft, that doesn't mean I only care about the theft aspect. I care that not only is money stolen. It is squandered by the state. Central authorities that lack the knowledge and incentive to allocate resources. That's not even the worst part. The worst part is that war is funded by taxes.

I know people that are on the path of being liberty minded. They are compassionate. They actually aren't progressive. They just don't know it yet. They have just been tricked into the lie that the state is us and that if they can just vote harder the world will improve.

I think bitcoin can be a tool for opening people's eyes. It is contradiction to progressive / left politics. But it will make the world a better place and help those among us that need it most. Many of us just have an issue understanding how someone can identify with the left and not see the contradiction. But really, this is why bitcoin is so hopeful. You can talk or type till you die and never convince someone to your position. But when you show them (bitcoin). Then they have a chance to see.

I'll end with this. Either you don't understand bitcoin, or you don't understand progressive (left) politics. If you understand politics I think you will find you aren't actually a progressive. Not really. There might be some overlap but its mostly cognitive dissonance.