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For progressives, social control means molding "the masses" to the progressives' desires and controlling them without them knowing they are being externally manipulated.<ref>[https://oxfordre.com/americanhistory/abstract/10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.001.0001/acrefore-9780199329175-e-84 Progressives and Progressivism in an Era of Reform]</ref> Progressives seek to achieve social control early on in the lives of Americans and use the school system to achieve this goal.<ref>[https://mises.org/library/progressive-era-and-family The Progressive Era and the Family]</ref>
For progressives, social control means molding "the masses" to the progressives' desires and controlling them without them knowing they are being externally manipulated.<ref>[https://oxfordre.com/americanhistory/abstract/10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.001.0001/acrefore-9780199329175-e-84 Progressives and Progressivism in an Era of Reform]</ref> Progressives seek to achieve social control early on in the lives of Americans and use the school system to achieve this goal.<ref>[https://mises.org/library/progressive-era-and-family The Progressive Era and the Family]</ref>
The phrase "social control" was first used by sociologist [[Edward Alsworth Ross]], however, the concept of controlling all aspects of society undergirds the actions every action that progressives take.<ref>[]</ref> Social control is at its core about remaking individuals into a part of the collective whole. Ross wrote:
The phrase "social control" was first used by sociologist [[Edward Alsworth Ross]], however, the concept of controlling all aspects of society undergirds every action that progressives take.<ref>[]</ref> Social control is at its core about remaking individuals into a part of the collective whole. Ross wrote:
<blockquote>As the moulding of the individual's feelings and desires to suit the needs of the group is the profoundest alteration of associated life, we must regard it as the highest and most difficult work of society, the achievement which most signally shows its presence and power.</blockquote>
<blockquote>As the moulding of the individual's feelings and desires to suit the needs of the group is the profoundest alteration of associated life, we must regard it as the highest and most difficult work of society, the achievement which most signally shows its presence and power.</blockquote>