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Why is Progressive Nationalism so misunderstood?

It is well understood, which is why this article takes the position that it is not understood.

The progressive agenda advocates that the government must have more power than the framers of our Constitution allowed. The reason the Framers limited the government’s powers is they knew that once man is given power he will tend to abuse that power over time. The progressive movement asserts that it is okay to give government more power over people’s lives because today’s politicians are more honest than they were when the Framers saw merit in limiting the powers of Congress.

Madison in Federalist No. 45: The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.

Another correct way to view Article 1, Section 8, is to compare it to configuring a packet filter - General rules - least privilege, All that is not expressly permitted is prohibited.

Great question; do you believe today’s candidates are more honest than when the framers constituted America?

BRUTUS in Antifederalist Paper 17 destroyed Madison's argument. Eventually Madison agreed and switched over to the Democrat-Republican Party once the after the Constitution was ratified because he started to witness first hand of how the weaknesses in the Constitution were being exploited by the Federalist.

"How far the clause in the eighth section of the first article may operate to do away with all idea of confederated States, and to effect an entire consolidation of the whole into one general government, it is impossible to say. The powers given by this article are very general and comprehensive, and it may receive a construction to justify the passing almost any law. A power to make all laws, which shall be necessary and proper, for carrying into execution all powers vested by the Constitution in the government of the United States, or any department or officer thereof, is a power very comprehensive and definite, and may, for aught I know, be exercised in such manner as entirely to abolish the State legislatures. Suppose the legislature of a State should pass a law to raise money to support their government and pay the State debt; may the Congress repeal this law, because it may prevent the collection of a tax which they may think proper and necessary to lay, to provide for the general welfare of the United States? For all laws made, in pursuance of this Constitution, are the supreme law of the land, and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of the different States to the contrary notwithstanding. By such a law, the government of a particular State might be overturned at one stroke, and thereby be deprived of every means of its support."

The Necessary and Proper Clause led to the creation of the "Deep State".