Far leftists have historically used re-education camps and gulags as the basis of incarceration policy, and offenders graded on ideological grounds.
Far leftists have historically used re-education camps and gulags as the basis of incarceration policy, and offenders graded on ideological grounds.
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===Incremental radicalism===
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While progressive seek radical social change, it is often pursued incrementally. Two examples serve in the Obama era: Obamacare and gay marriage.
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Obamacare with its individual and employer dictates was designed to fail. The progressive objective of a [[big government]], [[Soviet]]-style [[single payer]] system was too radical a change to implement during the window of opportunity given between 2009-2011 when Democracy had the [[White House]] and veto-proof Congress. Progressives settled on a system that allowed private insurance companies to continue to operate provided they sold only policies dictated by progressive regulators. A dictate that all American adults - working or not working - be required to purchase insurance, or submit to eligibility requirements for [[entitlement]] care by income means testing, was also implemented. Penalties accrued for anyone non-compliant. The plan was phased in over a period of election cycle with the hope that those who recieved subsidized entitlement would appreciate "free healthcare" and vote for progressive Democrats.