It all comes back to the pervasive theme of the progressive wing...which is class warfare!
The heartfelt belief of the progressive left is that if someone else HAS something and you don't? Then they've obviously stolen it from you!
So if there is crime and poverty in your part of town...rather than focusing your attention towards addressing that...you go to a part of town where there ISN'T crime and poverty and attempt to make the people who live there as miserable as possible until they either give you stuff or their neighborhood becomes as unlivable as yours.
The heartfelt belief of the progressive left is that if someone else HAS something and you don't? Then they've obviously stolen it from you!
So if there is crime and poverty in your part of town...rather than focusing your attention towards addressing that...you go to a part of town where there ISN'T crime and poverty and attempt to make the people who live there as miserable as possible until they either give you stuff or their neighborhood becomes as unlivable as yours.