Today’s Progressives are particularly dangerous because they are convinced of their wonderfulness. Power and well paying positions are due them because of their altruism and academic credentials. The common folk are fortunate that they are willing to sacrifice so much on their behalf. It should be patently obvious that only a disgusting and reactionary person could possibly disagree.
The irony is that few realize that Progressivism is inherently anti-intellectual. These individuals argue backwards. Big government policies are great for them—and therefore must be fantastic for the unwashed masses. Indeed, the anti-intellectualism must be mentioned far more often. The typical Progressive thinker inhabits an echo chamber cultural milieu. They read each other, and pretend that no competitive ideas even exist. Progressives, for instance, did not thoroughly study the works of Ludwig Von Mises or Friedrich Hayek and found them wanting. On the contrary, the latter writers are essentially ignored.
