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Progressivism is an exclusively American ideology which rejects the American founding and is thus authoritarian/totalitarian
[[Image:630px-Theodore Roosevelt in 1918.jpg|thumb|110px|right|Theodore Roosevelt, first progressive president]]
[[Image:630px-Theodore Roosevelt in 1918.jpg|thumb|110px|right|Theodore Roosevelt, first progressive president]]
'''Progressivism''' (or '''Progressive Ideology''') is a narrow ideology that puts a heavy emphasis on administration that is centralized, separated from the political process, engages in centralized economic planning, and has the power and expertise to make quick decisions.<ref>[http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/woodrow-wilson-on-administration Woodrow Wilson on Administration]</ref> Progressives are quick to point to their label and proclaim that they stand for "progress",<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=khyQiT0HxIEC The Power of Progress: How America's Progressives Can (Once Again) Save Our Economy, Our Climate, and Our Country], John Podesta</ref> but they do everything they can to hide the fact that where they want to make progress to is a big government that is in control of every aspect of Americans' lives.
'''Progressivism''' (or '''Progressive Ideology''') is a narrow ideology born in America that puts a heavy emphasis on administration that is centralized, separated from the political process, engages in centralized economic planning, and has the power and expertise to make quick decisions.<ref>[http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/woodrow-wilson-on-administration Woodrow Wilson on Administration]</ref> Progressives are quick to point to their label and proclaim that they stand for "progress",<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=khyQiT0HxIEC The Power of Progress: How America's Progressives Can (Once Again) Save Our Economy, Our Climate, and Our Country], John Podesta</ref> but they do everything they can to hide the fact that where they want to make progress to is a big government that is in control of every aspect of Americans' lives.
Since the 1960s and the [[New Left]] Movement, Progressivism has largely been synonymous with [[Communism]]. Earlier Progressivism, while staunchly in favor of [[Big Government]], was equally critical of communist and socialist viewpoints.
Since the 1960s and the [[New Left]] Movement, Progressivism has largely been synonymous with [[Communism]]. Earlier Progressivism, while staunchly in favor of [[Big Government]], was equally critical of communist and socialist viewpoints.