progressivism

So, I'll be honest. If comments on social media are anything to go by I don't think anyone has any idea who is and who isn't a centrist, neoliberal, progressive or a democratic socialist. How is Kamala "basically a Republican" but Tulsi is a "progressive?" What are the key positions one must...

While doing a bit of light reading this weekend, I ran across this article which seemed both timely and interesting. As a preface, as many of you know I am quite Progressive in my public policy preferences. However, there are many areas where I disagree with a great many American Progressives...

I'll preface this post by saying this is more of a love letter and less of a discussion piece (though feel free to comment). I have to laud progressives for creating social change and moving the needle forward in regards to social issues. Most recently progressives fought for marijuana...

The regressive media has invented this strawman called the "progressive" to rile up the villagers to get their pitchforks and torches. It's so transparent, they could use it as window glass for the recovering American car industry. Those counterclockwisers (because they long for the simpler...

Recently a claim was made on this forum that there was significant support for fascism among members of the Progressive movement in the 1930s. Supposedly they had written songs in praise of Mussolini and considered fascism to be "the Next Big Thing". I opened a thread so that people believing...

In another thread, theprestige made the claim that: This is a good example of a bad post, at least as far as posts in a forum devoted to skepticism go. The poster makes several claims, but offers up very few details to clarify just what is being claimed. Who, for example, were the...

Historically speaking, aren't progressives always "right" ...in the sense that their ideas eventually bear fruit? Politically speaking, aren't they always ahead of the curve? And don't reactionary (or conservative) politics always lose over the long term? As the past rarely works as...

I hate that word "Progressive" -- it's so stupid and self-absorbed. Oh, you're the forward thinking people. I agree with much of that agenda, I suppose, and their embrace is not necessarily a free choice but safe-haven from the slimed and maligned label of "liberal," which is only two steps...