Progressive Agenda
Understanding Progressivism
Written by Bob Dill (click link for source)
Wednesday, 03 February 2010 00:00
"“Marxism by Evolution Rather than Revolution”
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton described
herself as a “progressive.” About that time a member of Greenville
County Council used the descriptive term. The terms “liberal” and
“leftist” and “socialist” have become unpopular with liberals,
leftists and socialists. They prefer the term “progressive.” It
sounds good to the rank and file American. It implies the individual
has a positive outlook and favors progress.
Mrs. Clinton knew what she was saying. She was being honest. Many of
her listeners did not know what she was saying because the history
of “progressivism” is rarely if ever mentioned in textbooks today.
It is one of the evils that have been censored from most textbooks
since John Dewey, a leading progressive, became the “Father of
Modern Education.”
Progressivism has been described as “Marxism by evolution rather
than revolution.” Progres-sives believe in “moving beyond the
Constitution,” and that “man is perfectible.” They believe you must
have big government in order to redistribute wealth.
Progressives advocate rule by man and not by law. A leading
Progressive named Pound, when Dean of the Harvard Law School,
changed the way court decisions are made from the Constitution to
Case Law. They believe in using revisionist history to change
society.
President Woodrow Wilson was a progressive, so was Franklin
Roosevelt.
Walter Lippman, the father of modern advocacy journalism, was a
Progressive.
Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell is recommended reading to learn
more about the evils of Progressivism."
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