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===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===

:{{See also|Obamunism|Gender psychosis|Totalitarianism|Censorship|Green New Deal}}

:{{See also|Obamunism|Gender psychosis|Totalitarianism|Censorship|Green New Deal}}

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). [http://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 [[Mao]]ist, [[SDS]], and [[Progressives for Obama]] [[community organizer|organizer]] [[Carl Davidson]].<ref>[http://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). [http://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 [[Mao]]ist, [[SDS]], and [[Progressives for Obama]] [[community organizer|organizer]] [[Carl Davidson]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/carldavidson Carl Davidson] (2010 or bef.) LinkedIn [Profile page/Experience/Webmaster]. Retrieved March 13, 2010 and February 13, 2016.</ref>