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I think you're mischaracterizing the motivations of (most) progressives. I don't believe that they are motivated by a desire to punish the privileged.
There is a difference between supporting policies that hurt people and supporting those policies because they hurt people. Progressives, like most other political actors, support plenty of policies that hurt people, but I don't think it's accurate to say they support them because they hurt people.
An example from the other side: A lot of social conservatives support bans on gay marriage. I think these bans hurt people unnecessarily, but I don't think their supporters want to hurt people, or are motivated by a desire to hurt people.
Read what progressives like Ezra Klien actually write.
Are you trying to describe an entire ideology based on one article by one author? I consider myself a progressive and don't agree with a lot of what Ezra Klein, or many other pundits who label themselves in such a way, have to say.
Also not completely related but I don't think that sensationalist website necessarily does a good job representing Klein's point of view on the issue.