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The '''Progressive movement ''' is the [[American]] [[far-Left]] and the dominant voter base of the contemporary [[Democrat Party]], yet ignored by the Dem elite. Some progressives voted for [[Donald Trump]] than [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Kamala Harris]] as the [[Dem]] nominees handpicked by [[liberal]]s. [[Adam Schiff]] relied on big money and machine politics to defeat progressive candidate Katie Porter to become the Dem nominee and then winner of the [[U.S. Senate]] in [[California]] in 2024; Porter said billionaires helped "rig the election."<ref>https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/schiff-garvey-california-senate-race</ref>

The '''Progressive movement''' is the [[American]] [[far-Left]] and the dominant voter base of the contemporary [[Democrat Party]], yet ignored by the Dem elite. Some progressives voted for [[Donald Trump]] rather than [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Kamala Harris]] as the [[Dem]] nominees handpicked by [[liberal]]s. [[Adam Schiff]] relied on big money and machine politics to defeat progressive candidate Katie Porter to become the Dem nominee and then winner of the [[U.S. Senate]] in [[California]] in 2024; Porter said billionaires helped "rig the election."<ref>https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/schiff-garvey-california-senate-race</ref>

Progressivism supposedly advocates equality regardless of racial origin or sexual orientation. After [[Jonestown Massacre|the mass murder-suicide of 909 progressive activists in 1978]] the movement fell into obscurity,<ref>https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/jonestown-california/</ref> but has enjoyed a resurgence with the [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]]-aided rise to power of [[Barack Obama]] in the 21st century.  

Progressivism supposedly advocates equality regardless of racial origin or sexual orientation. After [[Jonestown Massacre|the mass murder-suicide of 909 progressive activists in 1978]] the movement fell into obscurity,<ref>https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/jonestown-california/</ref> but has enjoyed a resurgence with the [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]]-aided rise to power of [[Barack Obama]] in the 21st century.  

==Origin==

==Origin==

Historically, Progressives view themselves as "enlightened" social reformers apart from the ignorant and unwashed masses.  [[Same-sex "marriage"]] for example is considered a progressive social reform.

Historically, progressives view themselves as "enlightened" social reformers apart from the ignorant and unwashed masses.  [[Same-sex "marriage"]], for example, is considered a progressive social reform.

===Colonialism and the Enlightenment===

===Colonialism and the Enlightenment===

Progressivism became highly significant during the Age of Enlightenment in Europe, out of the [[racist]] belief that white Europe was demonstrating that societies could "progress" in civility from uncivilized conditions to civilization through strengthening the basis of [[Empiricism|empirical knowledge]] as the foundation of society.  Figures of the [[Enlightenment]] had the racist belief that "progress" had universal application to all societies and that these ideas would [[colonialism|spread across the world]] from [[Caucasian|white]] Europe.  By the early-20th century progressivism was tied to [[eugenics]]<ref>{{cite journal |title=Retrospectives: Eugenics and Economics in the Progressive Era |journal=Journal of Economic Perspectives |year=2005 |last=Leonard |first=Thomas |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=207–224 |doi=10.1257/089533005775196642 |url=https://www.princeton.edu/~tleonard/papers/retrospectives.pdf |accessdate= |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170820132528/https://www.princeton.edu/~tleonard/papers/retrospectives.pdf] |archivedate=20 August 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|date=2005|last=Freeden|first=Michael|authorlink=|title=Liberal Languages: Ideological Imaginations and Twentieth-Century Progressive Thought|pages=144–165|publisher=Princeton University Press|location=[[Princeton]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Lpu8wwvA1AC&pg=144|isbn=0691116776}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|jstor=4026900|title=Geneticists and the Eugenics Movement in Scandinavia|last=Roll-Hansen|first=Nils|journal=The British Journal for the History of Science|volume=22|issue=3|pages=335–346|date=1989}}</ref>

Progressivism became highly significant during the Age of Enlightenment in Europe, out of the [[racist]] belief that white Europe was demonstrating that societies could "progress" in civility from uncivilized conditions to civilization through strengthening the basis of [[Empiricism|empirical knowledge]] as the foundation of society.  Figures of the [[Enlightenment]] had the racist belief that "progress" had universal application to all societies and that these ideas would [[colonialism|spread across the world]] from [[Caucasian|white]] Europe.  By the early 20th century, progressivism was tied to [[eugenics]]<ref>{{cite journal |title=Retrospectives: Eugenics and Economics in the Progressive Era |journal=Journal of Economic Perspectives |year=2005 |last=Leonard |first=Thomas |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=207–224 |doi=10.1257/089533005775196642 |url=https://www.princeton.edu/~tleonard/papers/retrospectives.pdf |accessdate= |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170820132528/https://www.princeton.edu/~tleonard/papers/retrospectives.pdf] |archivedate=20 August 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|date=2005|last=Freeden|first=Michael|authorlink=|title=Liberal Languages: Ideological Imaginations and Twentieth-Century Progressive Thought|pages=144–165|publisher=Princeton University Press|location=[[Princeton]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Lpu8wwvA1AC&pg=144|isbn=0691116776}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|jstor=4026900|title=Geneticists and the Eugenics Movement in Scandinavia|last=Roll-Hansen|first=Nils|journal=The British Journal for the History of Science|volume=22|issue=3|pages=335–346|date=1989}}</ref>

===Marxism===

===Marxism===

[[Karl Marx]] took the [[Hegelian]] conception of linear-progressive history and applied the idea of [[class warfare]] to address [[income inequality]].

[[Karl Marx]] took the [[Hegelian]] conception of linear-progressive history and applied the idea of [[class warfare]] to address [[income inequality]].

In the mid 19th century [[Social Darwinism]], with its racism and commitment to [[science]], was an important facet of Progressivism; in America however, after the [[Civil War]], many adherents of the [[Social Gospel]] movement called themselves "progressive" and advocated for [[equality]] for [[Blacks]] and social reform.  For a time there was an odd admixture of atheists and racists citing a scientific basis for their beliefs, and church people, all claiming the name progressive.

In the mid-19th century [[Social Darwinism]], with its racism and commitment to [[science]], was an important facet of Progressivism; in America, however, after the [[Civil War]], many adherents of the [[Social Gospel]] movement called themselves "progressive" and advocated for [[equality]] for [[Blacks]] and social reform.  For a time there was an odd admixture of atheists and racists citing a scientific basis for their beliefs, and church people, all claiming the name progressive.

In Europe however, after the [[First World War]], Progressive [[atheist]]s won a great victory with the [[Bolshevik]] Revolution in Russia, the suppression of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], and overthrow of the existing social order.

In Europe, however, after the [[First World War]], Progressive [[atheist]]s won a great victory with the [[Bolshevik]] Revolution in Russia, the suppression of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], and overthrow of the existing social order.

In explaining the ruinous upheavals Progressivism brought to his homeland, [[Alexander Solzhenitsyn]] said, {{quotebox|"while I was still a child, I recall hearing a number of older people offer the following explanation for the great disasters that had befallen [[Russia]]:  Men have forgotten [[God]]; that’s why all this has happened."<ref>http://orthochristian.com/47643.html</ref>}}

In explaining the ruinous upheavals Progressivism brought to his homeland, [[Alexander Solzhenitsyn]] said, {{quotebox|"while I was still a child, I recall hearing a number of older people offer the following explanation for the great disasters that had befallen [[Russia]]:  Men have forgotten [[God]]; that’s why all this has happened."<ref>http://orthochristian.com/47643.html</ref>}}

The·thieves flourished because they were encouraged.<ref>''Gulag, Vpl. II'', Page 422, 425 ''et seqq.''</ref>}}

The·thieves flourished because they were encouraged.<ref>''Gulag, Vpl. II'', Page 422, 425 ''et seqq.''</ref>}}

   

   

Elsewhere Solzhenitsyn documents how [[slavery|forced labor]], a cruelty of Czarist times that led to the [[Russian Revolution]], was adapted to Progressive Doctrine.<ref>''Gulag, Vol. II'', page 76.</ref>

Elsewhere, Solzhenitsyn documents how [[slavery|forced labor]], a cruelty of Czarist times that led to the [[Russian Revolution]], was adapted to Progressive Doctrine.<ref>''Gulag, Vol. II'', page 76.</ref>

   

   

Solzhenitsyn goes into some detail how progressives deal with political opposition and dissenters in socialist re-education camps (gulags):

Solzhenitsyn goes into some detail about how progressives deal with political opposition and dissenters in socialist re-education camps (gulags):

{{quotebox|It has been known for centuries that Hunger . . . rules the world! (And all your Progressive Doctrine is, incidentally, built on Hunger, on the thesis that hungry people will inevitably revolt against the well-fed.)  Hunger rules every hungry human being, unless he has himself consciously decided to die.  Hunger, which forces an honest person to reach out and steal ("When the belly rumbles, conscience flees").  Hunger, which compels the most unselfish person to look with envy into someone else's bowl, and to try painfully to estimate what weight of ration his neighbor is receiving.  Hunger, which darkens the brain and refuses to allow it to be distracted by anything else at all, or to think about anything else at all, or to speak about anything else at all except food, food, and food.  Hunger, from which it is impossible to escape even in dreams - dreams are about food, and insomnia is over food.  And soon - just insomnia.  Hunger, after which one cannot even eat up; the man has by then turned into a one-way pipe and everything emerges from him in exactly the same state in which it was swallowed.<ref>Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn (1973). ''The Gulag Archipelago'' (1st ed.) Harper & Row, page 209.</ref>}}

{{quotebox|It has been known for centuries that Hunger . . . rules the world! (And all your Progressive Doctrine is, incidentally, built on Hunger, on the thesis that hungry people will inevitably revolt against the well-fed.)  Hunger rules every hungry human being, unless he has himself consciously decided to die.  Hunger, which forces an honest person to reach out and steal ("When the belly rumbles, conscience flees").  Hunger, which compels the most unselfish person to look with envy into someone else's bowl, and to try painfully to estimate what weight of ration his neighbor is receiving.  Hunger, which darkens the brain and refuses to allow it to be distracted by anything else at all, or to think about anything else at all, or to speak about anything else at all except food, food, and food.  Hunger, from which it is impossible to escape even in dreams - dreams are about food, and insomnia is over food.  And soon - just insomnia.  Hunger, after which one cannot even eat up; the man has by then turned into a one-way pipe and everything emerges from him in exactly the same state in which it was swallowed.<ref>Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn (1973). ''The Gulag Archipelago'' (1st ed.) Harper & Row, page 209.</ref>}}

It was also meant to create a belief that [[conservatives]] are not able to think of a progressive future for the [[United States]].  The most famous historical usage of the term in America was in the 1890s to 1920s, sometimes called the [[Progressive Era]].  During the Progressive Era, politicians of both parties and various ideologies adopted the term, notably [[Theodore Roosevelt]], a Republican who founded the [[Progressive Party]] and implemented the [[Civil Service Commission|Civil Service Act]], and [[Woodrow Wilson]], who imposed [[segregation]] throughout the federal government.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2013/04/progressive-racism-paul-rahe/amp/</ref>

It was also meant to create a belief that [[conservatives]] are not able to think of a progressive future for the [[United States]].  The most famous historical usage of the term in America was in the 1890s to 1920s, sometimes called the [[Progressive Era]].  During the Progressive Era, politicians of both parties and various ideologies adopted the term, notably [[Theodore Roosevelt]], a Republican who founded the [[Progressive Party]] and implemented the [[Civil Service Commission|Civil Service Act]], and [[Woodrow Wilson]], who imposed [[segregation]] throughout the federal government.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2013/04/progressive-racism-paul-rahe/amp/</ref>

Ironically, progressives began using the word "[[liberal]]" in the early 20th century when the word "progressive" openly was associated with [[Marxism]].

Ironically, progressives began using the word "[[liberal]]" in the early 20th century when the word "progressive" was openly associated with [[Marxism]].

===Presidential election 1948===

===Presidential election 1948===

[[File:Jim Jones and the Democrat party.jpg|left|400px|thumb]]

[[File:Jim Jones and the Democrat party.jpg|left|400px|thumb]]

:{{See also|Peoples Temple Agricultural Collective}}

:{{See also|Peoples Temple Agricultural Collective}}

[[Jim Jones]] was the original founder of the "[[Rainbow Coalition|Rainbow Family]]" in the late 1950s and early 1960s, a term Jones used to refer to his family.<ref>Reiterman & Jacobs 1982, p. 65</ref><ref>https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=64933</ref> Jones and his wife adopted three [[Korea]]n children, a [[Native American]], and were the first white couple in [[Indiana]] to adopt an [[African American]] child.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/jonestown/sfeature/race.html "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple - Race and the Peoples Temple".] PBS.org. February 20, 2007.</ref>  Jones moved to [[San Francisco]] in 1970 and was deeply involved in the city's progressive politics.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3U1pA8keSw Jim Jones on gay marriage, women's rights, white privilege and other Progressive causes], youtube.</ref>  Jones's [[Peoples Temple]] was instrumental in the election of Mayor [[George Moscone]], serving as campaign workers and busing in unregistered people to vote.  Jones was rewarded with post of housing commissioner.  

[[Jim Jones]] was the original founder of the "[[Rainbow Coalition|Rainbow Family]]" in the late 1950s and early 1960s, a term Jones used to refer to his family.<ref>Reiterman & Jacobs 1982, p. 65</ref><ref>https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=64933</ref> Jones and his wife adopted three [[Korea]] children, a [[Native American]], and were the first white couple in [[Indiana]] to adopt an [[African American]] child.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/jonestown/sfeature/race.html "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple - Race and the Peoples Temple".] PBS.org. February 20, 2007.</ref>  Jones moved to [[San Francisco]] in 1970 and was deeply involved in the city's progressive politics.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3U1pA8keSw Jim Jones on gay marriage, women's rights, white privilege and other Progressive causes], youtube.</ref>  Jones's [[Peoples Temple]] was instrumental in the election of Mayor [[George Moscone]], serving as campaign workers and busing in unregistered people to vote.  Jones was rewarded with the post of housing commissioner.  

It was [[Kamala Harris]]'s mentor, [[Willie Brown]], who brought Jones in contact with the California Democrat Party.<ref>http://www.brasscheck.com/jonestown/</ref>  From there, Jones become involved with the [[DNC]]. Willie Brown supported [[same-sex "marriage"]] as early as 1977.  Jones publicly met with vice president candidate [[Walter Mondale]], and spoke at events with other leading Democrats at the San Francisco headquarters after the election in 1976, among them First Lady [[Rosalynn Carter]] and California governor [[Jerry Brown]].   

It was [[Kamala Harris]]'s mentor, [[Willie Brown]], who brought Jones in contact with the California Democrat Party.<ref>http://www.brasscheck.com/jonestown/</ref>  From there, Jones became involved with the [[DNC]]. Willie Brown supported [[same-sex "marriage"]] as early as 1977.  Jones publicly met with vice-presidential candidate [[Walter Mondale]], and spoke at events with other leading Democrats at the San Francisco headquarters after the election in 1976, among them First Lady [[Rosalynn Carter]] and California governor [[Jerry Brown]].   

[[Harvey Milk]], the first openly homosexual politician elected in California with Jones' help would say:  "My name is etched in stone with you."<ref>[http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/Articles/sawyer.htm]</ref>  Milk wrote letters in support of Jones to [[President Jimmy Carter]].  Both Milk and Jones were [[homosexual]] activists.

[[Harvey Milk]], the first openly homosexual politician elected in California with Jones' help, would say:  "My name is etched in stone with you."<ref>[http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/Articles/sawyer.htm]</ref>  Milk wrote letters in support of Jones to [[President Jimmy Carter]].  Both Milk and Jones were [[homosexual]] activists.

===Obamunism 2008 - 2017 ===

===Obamunism 2008 - 2017 ===

The term was revived in the early 21st century by [[politician]]s and media [[celebrities]] who considered traditional liberals too willing to compromise with moderates and conservatives.  As such, the anti-democratic Marxist ideal of [[single party control]] was revived.  

The term was revived in the early 21st century by [[politician]]s and media [[celebrities]] who considered traditional liberals too willing to compromise with moderates and conservatives.  As such, the anti-democratic Marxist ideal of [[single party control]] was revived.  

[[File:Barack-Hussein-Obama-mit-Louis-Farrakhan-528x524.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Barack Obama with the notorious [[anti-Semite]], [[Louis Farrakhan]].  Farrakhan called [[Jews]] "pigs and dogs."  The [[Anti-Defamation League]] identified Farrakhan as the nation's "leading anti-Semite."<ref>[https://www.adl.org/resources/profiles/the-nation-of-islam The Nation of Islam], Anti-Defamation League.</ref>]]

[[File:Barack-Hussein-Obama-mit-Louis-Farrakhan-528x524.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Barack Obama with the notorious [[anti-Semite]], [[Louis Farrakhan]].  Farrakhan called [[Jews]] "pigs and dogs."  The [[Anti-Defamation League]] identified Farrakhan as the nation's "leading anti-Semite."<ref>[https://www.adl.org/resources/profiles/the-nation-of-islam The Nation of Islam], Anti-Defamation League.</ref>]]

This revival occurred before the 2006 midterm elections when liberals still supported the [[War on Terror]].  The term came into use to help Democrats distance themselves from the feelings of [[patriotism]] and [[bipartisan]]ship that existed after the [[9/11 attacks]].  [[Barack Obama]] established himself as a progressive leader in opposition to the [[War on Terror]] during an October 2002 rally at Federal Plaza in Chicago.<ref>The rally was organized by Chicagoans Against War in Iraq (CAWI) later renamed Chicagoans Against War and Injustice.  See Davidson, Carl (November 2, 2006). [https://web.archive.org/web/20100811115415/http://www.noiraqwar-chicago.org/?page_id=2 "About CAWI"].  Chicagoans Against War and Injustice website.  Retrieved from August 11, 2010 archive at Internet Archive.</ref>  The event was staged by veteran [[Maoist]], [[SDS]] and [[Progressives for Obama]] [[community organizer|organizer]] [[Carl Davidson]].<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/carldavidson Carl Davidson] (2010 or bef.) LinkedIn [Profile page/Experience/Webmaster]. Retrieved March 13, 2010 and February 13, 2016.</ref>  

This revival occurred before the 2006 midterm elections when liberals still supported the [[War on Terror]].  The term came into use to help Democrats distance themselves from the feelings of [[patriotism]] and [[bipartisan]]ship that existed after the [[9/11 attacks]].  [[Barack Obama]] established himself as a progressive leader in opposition to the [[War on Terror]] during an October 2002 rally at Federal Plaza in Chicago.<ref>The rally was organized by Chicagoans Against War in Iraq (CAWI) later renamed Chicagoans Against War and Injustice.  See Davidson, Carl (November 2, 2006). [https://web.archive.org/web/20100811115415/http://www.noiraqwar-chicago.org/?page_id=2 "About CAWI"].  Chicagoans Against War and Injustice website.  Retrieved from August 11, 2010 archive at Internet Archive.</ref>  The event was staged by veteran [[Maoist]], [[SDS]] and [[Progressives for Obama]], [[community organizer|organizer]], [[Carl Davidson]].<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/carldavidson Carl Davidson] (2010 or bef.) LinkedIn [Profile page/Experience/Webmaster]. Retrieved March 13, 2010 and February 13, 2016.</ref>When 2004 Democrat presidential nominee [[John Kerry]]'s home state of Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex "marriage", the issue split Democrats. Ballot initiatives appeared in 11 states that brought citizens to the polls in large numbers; all 11 initiatives passed. [[Proposition 8]] in [[California]] won by a wide popular vote, but California Attorney General [[Kamala Harris]] bowed to [[LGBT]] groups and refused to defend the citizen referendum in court. These debates over social policy were reflected in the 2005 campaign for Chairman of the [[Democratic National Committee]], which [[Howard Dean]] won. As a progressive, Dean was the first to shepherd civil unions through the [[Vermont]] legislature.

Disillusion with two seemingly endless wars, coupled with a financial crisis caused by decades of government intervention in the [[mortgage]] market and manipulation of interest rates, along with a declining middle class due to [[globalization]] and job loss as workers saw their jobs shipped overseas, led to a resurgence of progressivism. 20 years after the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]], Socialists finally captured the [[White House]].

 

Disillusion with two seemingly endless wars, coupled with a financial crisis caused by decades of government intervention in the [[mortgage]] market and manipulation of interest rates, along with a declining middle class due to [[globalization]] and jobs loss as workers saw their jobs shipped overseas, led to a resurgence of progressivism. 20 years after the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]], Socialists finally captured the [[White House]].

====Attack on healthcare system====

====Attack on healthcare system====

One of the first pieces of [[totalitarian]] legislation Progressives put forward was an attack on [[capitalist]] healthcare insurers. [[Obamacare]] was designed to fail, [[bankrupt]] private health insurance companies, and [[incrementalism|incrementally]] usher in the dawn of government run [[single payer]] and new era of Communist control. By 2019 it was known as "[[Medicare for All]]". But the relentless drive to disarm Americans and abolish the [[Second Amendment]] had failed.

One of the first pieces of [[totalitarian]] legislation Progressives put forward was an attack on [[capitalist]] healthcare insurers. [[Obamacare]] was designed to fail [[bankrupt]] private health insurance companies, and [[incrementalism|incrementally]] usher in the dawn of government-run [[single payer]] and a new era of Communist control. By 2019 it was known as "[[Medicare for All]]". But the relentless drive to disarm Americans and abolish the [[Second Amendment]] had failed.

Attacks on the family, [[heterosexual]] relations, and childbearing proved surprisingly successful. [[Sodomy]] and [[gender confusion]] (the latter promoted by the LGBT movement under the terms "[[transexualism]]" and "[[transgenderism]]") replaced [[national security]] and [[economic]] well-being as top priorities as Progressives took control of the Democrat Party.

Attacks on the family, [[heterosexual]] relations, and childbearing proved surprisingly successful. [[Sodomy]] and [[gender confusion]] (the latter promoted by the LGBT movement under the terms "[[transexualism]]" and "[[transgenderism]]") replaced [[national security]] and [[economic]] well-being as top priorities as Progressives took control of the Democrat Party.

====Progressive police state====

====Progressive police state====

[[File:The U.S. Nomanklatura.jpg|right|650px|thumb|Important movers in the new U.S. [[revolutionary vanguard]] progressive [[police state]]:<br> [[Sally Yates]] (left), [[Andrew Weissmann]] (center), and [[John Carlin]] (left).]]

[[File:The U.S. Nomanklatura.jpg|right|650px|thumb|Important movers in the new U.S. [[revolutionary vanguard]] progressive [[police state]]:<br> [[Sally Yates]] (left), [[Andrew Weissmann]] (center), and [[John Carlin]] (left).]]

:''See : '''[[Obamagate timeline 2015 progressive police state]]'''''

:''See: '''[[Obamagate timeline 2015 progressive police state]]'''''

Progressives accused liberals who voted for the [[Iraq War]] and the [[Patriot Act]] of betraying the cause of [[socialism]]. Ironically, it was progressives in the [[Obama administration]] who used provisions of the Patriot Act that allowed for spying on domestic groups sympathetic to [[Al-Qaeda]], and applied them to the Trump campaign from 2015 on to further the anti-democratic objective of single party control.

Progressives accused liberals who voted for the [[Iraq War]] and the [[Patriot Act]] of betraying the cause of [[socialism]]. Ironically, it was progressives in the [[Obama administration]] who used provisions of the Patriot Act that allowed for spying on domestic groups sympathetic to [[Al-Qaeda]], and applied them to the Trump campaign from 2015 on to further the anti-democratic objective of single party control.

===Antifa revolution 2017 - ===

===Antifa revolution 2017===

:{{See also|Antifa|Leftwing violence in the Trump era|Liberal fascism|2020 Antifa riots}}

:{{See also|Antifa|Leftwing violence in the Trump era|Liberal fascism|2020 Antifa riots}}

[[Progressive]]s defaced the 54th Regiment Memorial to black soldiers in the [[Civil War]] as Antifa protests moved through the city. A website dedicated to the memorial, which stands at the top of a hill on the Boston Common, explains:

[[Progressive]]s defaced the 54th Regiment Memorial to black soldiers in the [[Civil War]] as Antifa protests moved through the city. A website dedicated to the memorial, which stands at the top of a hill on the Boston Common, explains:

{{Quotebox|The most acclaimed piece of sculpture on Boston Common is the Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial by Augustus Saint-Gaudens; a memorial to that group of men who were among the first African Americans to fight in the Civil War. The monument portrays Shaw and his men marching down Beacon Street past the State House on May 28, 1863 as they left Boston on their way to South Carolina, Shaw erect on his horse, the men marching alongside.}}

{{Quotebox|The most acclaimed piece of sculpture on Boston Common is the Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial by Augustus Saint-Gaudens; a memorial to that group of men who were among the first African Americans to fight in the Civil War. The monument portrays Shaw and his men marching down Beacon Street past the State House on May 28, 1863 as they left Boston on their way to South Carolina, Shaw erect on his horse, the men marching alongside.}}

The monument, which commemorates black lives dedicated and sacrificed to the struggle against slavery, was defaced with profane anti-police graffiti, as well as tributes to [[George Floyd]].<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/rioters-deface-monument-black-civil-war-veterans-served-union/</ref> The story of the 54th was immortalized in the Hollywood movie ''Glory'', for which [[Denzel Washington]] received the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

The monument, which commemorates black lives dedicated and sacrificed to the struggle against slavery, was defaced with profane anti-police graffiti, as well as tributes to [[George Floyd]].<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/rioters-deface-monument-black-civil-war-veterans-served-union/</ref> The story of the 54th was immortalized in the Hollywood movie ''Glory'', for which [[Denzel Washington]] received the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

==Policies==

==Policies==

[[File:LGBTQ and Antifa violence.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Progressivism enjoyed a rebirth under [[Barack Obama]] after the [[People's Temple massacre]].  By 2019, the [[LGBTQ+]] movement aligned with the [[Antifa]] terror organization/hate group.]]

[[File:LGBTQ and Antifa violence.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Progressivism enjoyed a rebirth under [[Barack Obama]] after the [[People's Temple massacre]].  By 2019, the [[LGBTQ+]] movement aligned with the [[Antifa]] terror organization/hate group.]]

Progressive policies, in [[political science]], are those which make [[progress]] towards goals seen by progressives as benefiting society. Since all politicians claim that their ideas and policies are meant to benefit the public, calling a policy "progressive" may be thought of as meaningless.

Progressive policies, in [[political science]], are those which make [[progress]] towards goals seen by progressives as benefiting society. Since all politicians claim that their ideas and policies are meant to benefit the public, calling a policy "progressive" may be thought of as meaningless.

The term has been popular among the [[liberal media]]. And although most of the population still refers to the two major philosophies as [[conservative]] and liberal, it is often used to describe a more specific type of liberalism. This is likely because these two titles are familiar to the current population and better recognized. Because of this familiarity, it is easier to visualize the contrasts between conservative and liberal than the contrasts between conservative and progressive, because of the specific nature of "progressive".

The term has been popular among the [[liberal media]]. And although most of the population still refers to the two major philosophies as [[conservative]] and liberal, it is often used to describe a more specific type of liberalism. This is likely because these two titles are familiar to the current population and better recognized. Because of this familiarity, it is easier to visualize the contrasts between conservative and liberal than the contrasts between conservative and progressive, because of the specific nature of "progressive".

Progressives use the term in contrast to "regressive" policies of their opponents. For example, progressives will ask rhetorically, "Do you want to go back to the 1950s?" implying that women were oppressed by being forced to be [[housewife|housewives]] and men were oppressed by being falsely accused of favoring Communism (see [[McCarthyism]]).

Progressives use the term in contrast to "regressive" policies of their opponents. For example, progressives will ask rhetorically, "Do you want to go back to the 1950s?" implying that women were oppressed by being forced to be [[housewife|housewives]] and men were oppressed by being falsely accused of favoring Communism (see [[McCarthyism]]).

A useful distinction to keep in mind is this: "progressives want bigger and supposedly better government; conservatives want less and supposedly better government."

A useful distinction to keep in mind is this: "progressives want bigger and supposedly better government; conservatives want less and supposedly better government."

===Criminal justice===

===Criminal justice===

A foundational core belief of Progressivism is to consider crime a treatable illness by social [[psychology]]. In this core precept is the liberal-held belief that criminals are not responsible for their actions. Since [[collectivist]]s do not respect the notion of [[private property]], the propertyless are considered oppressed victims.

A foundational core belief of Progressivism is to consider crime a treatable illness by social [[psychology]]. In this core precept is the liberal-held belief that criminals are not responsible for their actions. Since [[collectivist]]s do not respect the notion of [[private property]], the propertyless are considered oppressed victims.

Prisons, which incarcerate property and violent offenders, are usually the targets of "progressive reform." Because extremists do not reject violence to bring about social and political change, violent offenders must be qualified on the basis of their [[politically correct]] views.

Prisons, which incarcerate property and violent offenders, are usually the targets of "progressive reform." Because extremists do not reject violence to bring about social and political change, violent offenders must be qualified on the basis of their [[politically correct]] views.

Far-leftists have historically used re-education camps and [[gulag]]s as the basis of incarceration policy, and offenders graded on ideological grounds.

Far-leftists have historically used re-education camps and [[gulag]]s as the basis of incarceration policy, and offenders were graded on ideological grounds.

===Incremental radicalism===

===Incremental radicalism===

While progressives seek radical social change, it is often pursued incrementally. Two examples serve in the Obama era: Obamacare and same-sex "marriage".

While progressives seek radical social change, it is often pursued incrementally. Two examples serve in the Obama era: Obamacare and same-sex "marriage".

Obamacare with its individual and employer dictates was designed to fail. The progressive objective of a [[big government]], [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-style [[single payer]] system was too radical a change to implement during the brief window of opportunity given between 2009-2011, when Democrats controlled both the [[White House]] and a 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 cycles with the hope that those who received a subsidized entitlement would appreciate "free healthcare," and when the plan failed would support a progressive single payer system. The single payer system then would need progressives in Congress perpetually to insure its annual funding.

Obamacare with its individual and employer dictates was designed to fail. The progressive objective of a [[big government]], [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-style [[single payer]] system was too radical a change to implement during the brief window of opportunity given between 2009-2011, when Democrats controlled both the [[White House]] and a 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 means testing, was also implemented. Penalties accrued for anyone non-compliant. The plan was phased in over a period of election cycles with the hope that those who received a subsidized entitlement would appreciate "free healthcare," and when the plan failed would support a progressive single payer system. The single payer system then would need progressives in Congress perpetually to ensure its annual funding.

===Same-sex "marriage"===

===Same-sex "marriage"===

[[File:Fauci3.JPG|right|275px|thumb|[[Anthony Fauci]].]]

[[File:Fauci3.JPG|right|275px|thumb|[[Anthony Fauci]].]]

The first hurdle in the [[homosexual "rights"]] movement was overcoming the progressive reform of the 1950s that treated criminals as victims of psychological disorders. By the 1960s [[homosexuality]] was considered by experts and the [[court]]s as both a [[crime]] and a [[mental illness]]. Due to claimed "ethical concerns" over locking people up on the basis of a psychological disorder (but in reality, due to political pressure imposed by radical homosexual activists<ref name="AmericanActivism">{{cite book |title=Leaders from the 1960s: A Biographical Sourcebook of American Activism |author=David De Leon |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1994 |pages=253–259 |isbn=978-03132-74145 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oHYD-XUiSBEC |quote=Early on Kameny developed an absolute belief in the validity of his intellectual processes and a habit of challenging accepted orthodoxies.}}</ref><ref name="Bestiality OK">{{cite web |url=https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/prominent-homosexual-activist-says-bestiality-ok-as-long-as-the-animal-does |author=Peter J. Smith |title=Prominent Homosexual Activist Says Bestiality OK "As Long as the Animal Doesn’t Mind" |publisher=LifeSiteNews.com |date=4 Jun 2008  |accessdate=13 December 2015 |quote=}}</ref>), the psychiatric profession dropped the diagnosis of homosexuality as a mental disorder in the early 1970s. In the 1980s the states began de-criminalizing homosexuality with the idea that law enforcement resources could be better utilized elsewhere, the [[war on drugs]] for example. With homosexuality "normalized" now, by the 1990s the [[Equal protection]] clause was being invoked for a group in the [[coalition]] of [[identity politics]].

The first hurdle in the [[homosexual "rights"]] movement was overcoming the progressive reform of the 1950s that treated criminals as victims of psychological disorders. By the 1960s [[homosexuality]] was considered by experts and the [[court]]s as both a [[crime]] and a [[mental illness]]. Due to claimed "ethical concerns" over locking people up on the basis of a psychological disorder (but in reality, due to political pressure imposed by radical homosexual activists<ref name="AmericanActivism">{{cite book |title=Leaders from the 1960s: A Biographical Sourcebook of American Activism |author=David De Leon |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1994 |pages=253–259 |isbn=978-03132-74145 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oHYD-XUiSBEC |quote=Early on Kameny developed an absolute belief in the validity of his intellectual processes and a habit of challenging accepted orthodoxies.}}</ref><ref name="Bestiality OK">{{cite web |url=https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/prominent-homosexual-activist-says-bestiality-ok-as-long-as-the-animal-does |author=Peter J. Smith |title=Prominent Homosexual Activist Says Bestiality OK "As Long as the Animal Doesn’t Mind" |publisher=LifeSiteNews.com |date=4 Jun 2008  |accessdate=13 December 2015 |quote=}}</ref>), the psychiatric profession dropped the diagnosis of homosexuality as a mental disorder in the early 1970s. In the 1980s, the states began decriminalizing homosexuality with the idea that law enforcement resources could be better utilized elsewhere, the [[war on drugs]] for example. With homosexuality "normalized" now, by the 1990s the [[Equal protection]] clause was being invoked for a group in the [[coalition]] of [[identity politics]].

===Transgenderism===

===Transgenderism===

According to a study conducted by the [[National Institutes of Health]], [[transgender]]s are 49 times more likely to contract [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]].<ref>https://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-social-issues/key-affected-populations/transgender</ref> This scientific data raises a serious question about medical ethics and psychological counseling. Transgenders typically undergo a [[sex change operation]], which is essentially cosmetic surgery, or psychological therapy where they are encouraged to act out their fantasies in real life. Given the deadly risks of contracting AIDS, what is the responsibility of the treating physician or therapist to warn the patient of the inherent risks of their recommended treatment? Progressives believe that deviant sexual behavior can be normalized by treating it with the drug AZT.<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/whitewashing-aids-history_b_4762295</ref>

According to a study conducted by the [[National Institutes of Health]], [[transgender]]s are 49 times more likely to contract [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]].<ref>https://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-social-issues/key-affected-populations/transgender</ref> This scientific data raises a serious question about medical ethics and psychological counseling. Transgenders typically undergo a [[sex change operation]], which is essentially cosmetic surgery, or psychological therapy where they are encouraged to act out their fantasies in real life. Given the deadly risks of contracting AIDS, what is the responsibility of the treating physician or therapist to warn the patient of the inherent risks of their recommended treatment? Progressives believe that deviant sexual behavior can be normalized by treating it with the drug AZT.<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/whitewashing-aids-history_b_4762295</ref>

===Attacks on Free Speech===

===Attacks on Free Speech===

One of the first steps by Progressives in shutting down all opposition is [[censorship]], [[shadow banning]], and attacks on the free expression of ideas. Progressives do not foreswear [[violence]] to attain [[political]] objectives, and the [[terrorism|terrorist group]]/[[hate group]] [[Antifa]] claims itself as a militant progressive organization.<ref>Multiple references:

One of the first steps by Progressives in shutting down all opposition is [[censorship]], [[shadow banning]], and attacks on the free expression of ideas. Progressives do not foreswear [[violence]] to attain [[political]] objectives, and the [[terrorism|terrorist group]]/[[hate group]] [[Antifa]] claims itself as a militant progressive organization.<ref>Multiple references:

*Suarez Sang, Lucia I. (September 3, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/09/03/fbi-dhs-warned-increasingly-violent-antifa-clashes-in-2016-documents-show.html FBI, DHS warned of increasingly violent Antifa clashes in 2016, documents show]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

*Suarez Sang, Lucia I. (September 3, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/09/03/fbi-dhs-warned-increasingly-violent-antifa-clashes-in-2016-documents-show.html FBI, DHS warned of increasingly violent Antifa clashes in 2016, documents show]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

*Meyer, Josh (September 1, 2017). [https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/01/antifa-charlottesville-violence-fbi-242235 FBI, Homeland Security warn of more ‘antifa’ attacks]. ''Politico''. Retrieved September 1, 2017.

*Meyer, Josh (September 1, 2017). [https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/01/antifa-charlottesville-violence-fbi-242235 FBI, Homeland Security warn of more ‘antifa’ attacks]. ''Politico''. Retrieved September 1, 2017.

*[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4844296/Homeland-Security-deem-antifa-domestic-terrorists.html FBI and Homeland Security deem antifa 'domestic terrorists' as they warn of escalating violence between the left and white nationalists]. ''Daily Mail''. Retrieved September 1, 2017.

*[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4844296/Homeland-Security-deem-antifa-domestic-terrorists.html FBI and Homeland Security deem antifa 'domestic terrorists' as they warn of escalating violence between the left and white nationalists]. ''Daily Mail''. Retrieved September 1, 2017.

*[https://www.njhomelandsecurity.gov/analysis/anarchist-extremists-antifa?rq=antifa Anarchist Extremists: Antifa, Dept of Homeland Security, June 12th, 2017]</ref> Antifa are the [[Black Shirts]] of the Democrat Party.

*[https://www.njhomelandsecurity.gov/analysis/anarchist-extremists-antifa?rq=antifa Anarchist Extremists: Antifa, Dept of Homeland Security, June 12th, 2017]</ref> Antifa are the [[Black Shirts]] of the Democrat Party.

In addition to random attacks on citizens and openly making death threats and advocating for violence, the group's manifesto openly rejects [[free speech]] and defends [[assassination]]s.<ref>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/antifas-handbook-a-sinister-primer-on-violent-illiberalism/comment-page-1/</ref>

In addition to random attacks on citizens and openly making death threats and advocating for violence, the group's manifesto openly rejects [[free speech]] and defends [[assassination]]s.<ref>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/antifas-handbook-a-sinister-primer-on-violent-illiberalism/comment-page-1/</ref>

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