I find it ironic that the implementation of "progressive" political philosophy largely ends up being a chain around my ankles, thus inhibiting my progress.
I would say Progressivism is a lesser evil than an ideology stressing cultural superiority, Christofascism, Oligarchial monopolies with vast political powers and great freedom to exploit anyone they like, Social Darwinism with an unregulated free market, the abandonment of the poor and unhealthy to their fates, ultraconservative values that emphasize women as baby factories, and Moral Absolutism that does not allow any action not permitted by the Bible. Really, is that good?
Progressives did not end slavery. I doubt they would have been abolitionists especially since they believed that blacks were inferior and supported eugenics. They also did not end Jim Crow, in fact Woodrow Wilson brought Jim Crow to Washington. FDR interned Japanese Americans. Sanger and PP was racist. Their biggest accomplishment seems to be the infiltration into academia and rewriting of history to take credit for things they were against but which turned out to be favorable later on.
@DanzHanzen: Before 1912, the GOP was the progressive party. The abolitionists and those who enacted reconstruction certainly had a progressive agenda! Theodore Roosevelt encouraged the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act. Under Taft, the GOP shifted to the right. DEM Progressives like FDR brought us Social Security. Harry Truman integrated the military. LBJ got the Civil Rights Act passed. Indeed, after 1964, the GOP happily welcomed alienated southern racists!
American Progressives are evil! They ended slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, the oppression of women, child labor and child prostitution, broke up corporate monopolies, led America's war effort against fascism, brought electricity and phone service to rural America when the private sector said, "NO!" They brought a majority of Americans into the middle class by supporting unions and creating social security, medicare, medicaid, food stamps, work place safety, food and drug safety, etc., etc. EVIL!
"Man has always lost his way. He has been a tramp ever since Eden; but he always knew, or thought he knew, what he was looking for...For the first time in history he begins to doubt the object of his wanderings on earth. He has always lost his way; but now he has lost his address." -- GK Chesterton
I find it ironic that the implementation of "progressive" political philosophy largely ends up being a chain around my ankles, thus inhibiting my progress.
tupacthesupertroll 10 months ago
progressivism is great! lets vote for real progressives! vote green party USA!
CTFxCsoldierNumber27 11 months ago
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ManchurianMushroom 11 months ago
I would say Progressivism is a lesser evil than an ideology stressing cultural superiority, Christofascism, Oligarchial monopolies with vast political powers and great freedom to exploit anyone they like, Social Darwinism with an unregulated free market, the abandonment of the poor and unhealthy to their fates, ultraconservative values that emphasize women as baby factories, and Moral Absolutism that does not allow any action not permitted by the Bible. Really, is that good?
TheVoiceOfReason93 11 months ago
the impressionable and the stupid, you mean.
josephrawlins 1 year ago
Progressives did not end slavery. I doubt they would have been abolitionists especially since they believed that blacks were inferior and supported eugenics. They also did not end Jim Crow, in fact Woodrow Wilson brought Jim Crow to Washington. FDR interned Japanese Americans. Sanger and PP was racist. Their biggest accomplishment seems to be the infiltration into academia and rewriting of history to take credit for things they were against but which turned out to be favorable later on.
DanzHanzen 1 year ago
@DanzHanzen: Before 1912, the GOP was the progressive party. The abolitionists and those who enacted reconstruction certainly had a progressive agenda! Theodore Roosevelt encouraged the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act. Under Taft, the GOP shifted to the right. DEM Progressives like FDR brought us Social Security. Harry Truman integrated the military. LBJ got the Civil Rights Act passed. Indeed, after 1964, the GOP happily welcomed alienated southern racists!
smautomat 1 year ago
American Progressives are evil! They ended slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, the oppression of women, child labor and child prostitution, broke up corporate monopolies, led America's war effort against fascism, brought electricity and phone service to rural America when the private sector said, "NO!" They brought a majority of Americans into the middle class by supporting unions and creating social security, medicare, medicaid, food stamps, work place safety, food and drug safety, etc., etc. EVIL!
TheForwardGaze 1 year ago
PROGRESSIVES = LOSERS APPEAL TO THE STUPID
zzwhale 1 year ago
Very good work.
quifflington 1 year ago
Where's the pictures of Darth Vader and Kane to make it look more evil to scare the impressionable?
MasterAdam100 1 year ago 3
you missed michael moore! =D
hadibus 2 years ago
It's the jungle out there
Sandbagger101 2 years ago
We must send these progressives to the ash heap of History if we don't want to see the destruction of our civilization.
judithsteinhoff 2 years ago 3
Progress...
"Man has always lost his way. He has been a tramp ever since Eden; but he always knew, or thought he knew, what he was looking for...For the first time in history he begins to doubt the object of his wanderings on earth. He has always lost his way; but now he has lost his address." -- GK Chesterton
sunnygirl213 3 years ago