Use of force by government to accomplish desired purposes - from page 255 of the book
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===Goals===
===Goals===
In the book, Croly argued that a more equitable distribution of wealth was desirable.
In the book, Croly argued that a more equitable distribution of wealth was desirable.
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<blockquote>In becoming responsible for the subordination of the individual to the demand of a dominant and constructive national purpose the American state will in effect be making itself responsible for a morally and socially desirable distribution of wealth.<br />
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<blockquote>In becoming responsible for the subordination of the individual to the demand of a dominant and constructive national purpose the American state will in effect be making itself responsible for a morally and socially desirable distribution of wealth.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3BASAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA23 p.23]</ref></blockquote>
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To achieve this goal and many other goals, he wrote that ''National politics have from the start aimed primarily at efficiency — that is, at '''the successful use of the force resident in the state to accomplish the purposes desired by the Sovereign authority'''.''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3BASAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA255 p.255]</ref> Progressivism has always been about the use of force to ensure that their demands can never be undone, using the police power of government to achieve their goal.