Keep the name.
Because I stayed awake in US history class, I know it stands for the fundamental reforms to capitalism which later enabled the United States to navigate between the extremes of fascism and socialist revolution in the 1930s. I thank progressives for:
• the right to vote for all non-felon citizens
• free education for all
• libraries for all
• fire escapes, emergency exits (it's amazing how much you miss them when you move to a country where you are constantly having to ask someone to unlock the door to let you OUT of a building)
• the concept of "the weekend"
• near elimination of child labor (the exception was unfortunately farm labor)
• national parks
• being able to rely on meat and dairy products not to make me ill (at least in the short term)
• ingredient lists for food and medicines
• the concept of government transparency and public accountability of elected officials
• direct election of Senators
I'm sure I left off some important other achievements of the original Progressive movement. Modern day progressives would do well to look to the origins of the name. It's a hopeful political ideology, and the best chance for delivering practical change in the present, rather than trusting in some distant utopia.
diasporic
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