They don't care if the peasants live or die. Progressives have this cynical conception of power with the oppressor/oppressed dynamic, as opposed to a proper heirarchy where both the ruled and the rulers have duties and obligations to each other, so progressives act out the role of the exploitative oppressor. As long as they can enrich themselves and expand their power, the consequences of policy on the lower classes is irrelevant to the progressive elite.
They don't care if the peasants live or die. Progressives have this cynical conception of power with the oppressor/oppressed dynamic, as opposed to a proper heirarchy where both the ruled and the rulers have duties and obligations to each other, so progressives act out the role of the exploitative oppressor. As long as they can enrich themselves and expand their power, the consequences of policy on the lower classes is irrelevant to the progressive elite.