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A People’s History: The “Progressive” Version

July 3, 2007 - 4:35 pm - by Oleg Atbashian
Chris
2007-07-03 19:58:23

What they tell you
Progressivism – Is a political philosophy whose adherents promote public policies that they believe would lead to positive social change. Today the term refers to movements on the left ranging from liberal to social democrat.

What it means
The socialist idea sounded altruistic to those who began it long ago, and it sounds altruistic to the naive who believe in it today. In practice, however, it creates self-centered individuals and a narcissistic society. So while it may have begun as a way to help others, it has come to mean a way of evading responsibility for oneself and for others. It is intended to produce a more evenly spread distribution of wealth. They just simply changed the name to make it sound more appealing. Implicit in the word “progressivism” is the assumption that the policies advocated by progressives are a form of progress. Those policies are nothing than redistribution avenues of your wealth, aka SOCIALISM.