I don't think Q is meaning that as a slam against money. It is a statement about integrity. People who have danced to the tune of the Cabal of Cain see a new power thrust. They may not be beholden to the cabal, but they are not beholden to the cause of freedom, either. They see the power shift as an investment opportunity.
Some Patriots will become wealthy in the power shift. In theory - it represents a groundswell in which the rising tide raises all ships. There is nothing wrong with being paid for a job. However, the job of being a patriot is not one that is always paid nor is it always popular/respected.
When the money starts to dry up and scorn is thrown their way… Who remains a patriot?
In Gulliver's Travels, beneath the kingdom ruled by Laputa, there is a man of average ability who ignores the edicts of the Laputians and runs a marginally successful estate… For which he is ridiculed by the locals who spend their time trying to turn shit into food or extract sunbeams from cucumbers as decreed by the ministry of research.
In the village of the blind, the one eyed man is insane.