I think you covered it pretty well. Entrenched interests would oppose it.

I have been surprised by the speed and depth of Elon's cuts. I was not surprised that the republicans approved a massive budget that doesn't cut spending. While I favor any government cut it is crazy that spending is not being cut in the budget. Why? Because the average voter does not care at all about spending. I mean they don't want taxes spent of things they don't like but duh... that's everyone.

So no one is opposed to massive tax on our children (deficit spending). Every congressional budget is a sentence of slavery for our decedents. People just don't see it. The people are just comfortable in their fancy digital cages, driving their cars. They don't want freedom. They don't want liberty. Not really at least. They don't understand free markets. They need daddy government to make them feel safe. They have prostrated themselves at the feet of the false god of the state.

I've long accepted this. It sounds negative and it is. But understanding this is freeing. The fact that we have bitcoin is hopeful. Personally, my faith in Jesus is at the center of my hope. I'm an alien, a citizen of the kingdom of God. I'm not gonna change the minds of the masses but I can influence my family and friends. Maybe I can peak the interest of someone on SN or Nostr. That's enough for me.