Scott Adams is always mentioning that the main flaw with progressives is they don't understand basic human motivation. In other words, they don't understand that we respond to incentives and disincentives. They think that just because they wouldn't personally abuse a program handing out free money, that others would also respect the program. Or they are surprised that when they remove barriers to hard drug use, that it increases, or spreads to public areas that were previously protected from such abuse.
... I'm on an EV forum, and it seems clear many don't have even the slightest understanding of economics. Economics isn't just a way to explain markets and financial transactions, but a way of understanding absolutely every decision we make; because fundamentally every single decision we make is about optimizing trade-offs. There's no such thing as a decision with no opportunity cost.
Is progressivism associated with the inability to understand that there's no such thing as a free lunch? Whenever a decision is made, it shuts the door on an infinite number of alternatives. The trick is being informed to arrive at optimal decisions.
Progressives view people like Elon as a greedy god; capable of solving absolutely every problem there is, except too greedy and self-interested to be bothered. These people are very generous with other people's money (OPM), but don't expect them to take any personal responsibility.
As an aside, what is it about economics where very ignorant people have very strong opinions on the subject? It's not like other subjects like particle physics where we clearly have little interest and spend no time studying the subject, but have strong opinions on how subatomic particles interact.
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