Hi Louis,
thanks for a thought provoking rant. I am a socialist and share your frustration with the failure of the Left internationally to engage with crypto.
In the UK I have heard prominent Labour MP's such as Diane Abbott regurgitate the tired old slurs about crypto being the plaything of criminals and tax dodgers. Such comments reveal a complete ignorance of the potential of crypto.
The Left really does need to engage with the huge potential of blockchain for direct democracy, never mind its ability to stamp out election fraud which is endemic across the world.
In Brazil there is an initiative in its Congress, endorsed by the government, to use the Ethereum blockchain for recording votes in referendums while in the crypto hub of Zug, Switzerland there are plans to test a blockchain based e-voting system.
Keep up the good work.