Let me explain.
I hate it when a politician or for that matter the media use the word to describe a democrat.
There is nothing progressive about the Dems….the closest there is is Bernie and the ‘Squad’ but they are a mere reflection of true progressivism.
Of course these days we change the definition of words to put ourselves in a more favorable light.
For those no sure what I am going on about….I wrote about it earlier….
What Is A Progressive (Redux)
Like I said there are some that are holding some progressive ideas…but bow to political pressure to tow the line….
Maybe the so-called progressives should read some and learn some progressive history so they can finally get it right.
“Medicare for All.” “The Green New Deal.” Calls to overhaul the Supreme Court and replace the Electoral College. Many activists today are heralding a new progressive movement—a successor to the vibrant reform coalition that swept both major political parties in the early years of the 20th century.
There’s more than a little truth to this comparison. America’s current reality—marked by rising income inequality, the concentration of political and economic power and changing patterns of work and leisure—bears uncanny similarity to conditions that produced a burst of reform activity more than 120 years ago, including measures to improve urban health and safety standards, ameliorate labor conditions and introduce more efficiency and transparency in state and local government.
But if contemporary progressives aspire to drive the same degree of change as the progressive movement of the early 20th century, they might take a cue from their ideological forebears.
Many of today’s progressives define their movement by commitment to a specific menu of policies, and those who don’t share this very specific set of goals are easily read out of the progressive movement, typecast as “neoliberals” or “corporate liberals.” This kind of rigidity is something that their progressive forerunners never exhibited. The progressive movement of the early 1900s was successful precisely because it was flexible and incorporated a wide range of views—so much so that the movement defies easy definition.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/06/01/progressives-history-227037/
This is just a suggestion that will go unrealized….money kills all great ideas….and our government is all about the cash and not so much the people.
As a Progressive I would like to see Progressives that do not bow to pressure or the almighty dollar….but that too will go unrealized.
True Progressives need their own party. Period!
And then others will have more people to blame their loss on….it has nothing to do with crappy candidates and this myth of a ‘spoiler’ vote.
Keep reading for I will be posting on this ‘spoiler’ myth in the coming weeks.
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
Progressive or not, I think those who wear the badge of “Progressive” are far superior to the rotted mindless trash who suck at the tits of the conservative hog.
A lame tag of Progressive does not mean they are superior in any way….just lying to the voter. chuq
Far better than the roaches who wear the conservative tag.
What about the roaches that pretend and actually are conservative? chuq
I am not a good enough politician to answer that.
Surely there is an opinion in there….LOL chuq
Many of the pretend Progressives are doing just that….sucking at that tit. chuq
Probably… many but not all.
I’d feel better if there were a lot fewer professional Senators and Congressmen and -women and more who took a term or two to try their hand at helping improve the lives of more Americans than those in the upper 1%.
Representatives and not professional politicians…..I agree chuq
So lets go out and vote for some homeless people and a few hamburger flippers and maybe a whore or two and see how well they do in navigating the complex demands of governing.
We did that with a recent president, senators and representatives with many complications. There does needs to be some knowledge of the process, unfortunately.
Why worry about the elected officials having some knowledge of the process when not 1% of the voters have a clue either?
That is a shame….but should not their reps be knowledgeable even if the voter is not? chuq
Like begets like.
better yet….’can’t fix stupid’…..chuq
Without knowledge there is no good government….and I point to the current and past governments as a prime example…the voter needs to pull its head out and become involved or this experiment will be over. chuq
The voter is too busy searching for self gratification to give a damn.
The voter has lost all contact with their government. chuq
Voters are generally not smart enough to be concerned about their government except for the crazy bunch who wants to overthrow it.
If they are going to be stupid they need to be strong. chuq
They are already strong… stupidly strong and you can’t fix that.
Indeed! chuq