American Progressivism by Pestritto & Atto
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As mentioned in a previous post, I’m reading American Progressivism in an effort to understand what Hillary Clinton proclaimed that she, and so many others are: “early twentieth century progressive.”
My hope was, and continues to be, that I will be able to use their own words to “hang” them, as it were, and reveal them to be the anti-constitutionalists they are, but I’m finding that this will be no small task… They’re a clever bunch. They’re extremely “circumspect” (I’m being generous here) about their intentions and the displaying of their propaganda. “Soundbites” are few and far between. Quick one liners, good red meat to sink your teeth into and say, “Ah! There it is!” are few. And even when you find them, I can hear the shrieking, “You took it out of context!”
Back in the ’10’s and ’20’s, Americans had a much longer attention span and their speeches and writings show it. It takes them ten paragraphs to say what a modern ideologue would take a sentence or two to impart. And further, it really requires a full and fair reading of those ten paragraphs to capture the full weight and import of the really evil things they are asserting in the guise of compassion for the downtrodden.
These are smart, evil people. I don’t know how anyone who purports to love our founding principles can self-identify as a “progressive.”
I fear this won’t end well.