Yes, most Democrats are rabid ideologues

But that doesn't mean they spurn the green stuff when they can get their grubby hands on it: "Spot the Pattern in These Wonderfully Progressive Policy Circles, Where Everyone is Warm and Kind".

Or consider this excellent reporting from the generally awful Arizona Republic: A company that runs group homes for abused and neglected children warned the State of Arizona that it was insolvent and would be forced to stop caring for at least some state child welfare agency clients, so the state gave the company an extra $4 million a year. Also, the company’s financial records don’t support the claim that the company was in the red, and they also show “a seven-figure payout to the company’s shareholders.” Why would the state give a bunch of extra money to a contractor that wasn’t actually in need of the funding? Hard to say for sure, but Sunshine Residential Homes has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Arizona Democratic Party and the inauguration fund of the Democratic governor, the consistently bizarre and horrible Katie Hobbs.

Could it be that many progressives are mostly just interested in progressing toward financial security for themselves?