You might be a Progressive if you use racist policies to combat racism.
You might be a Progressive if you borrow money from Communist China and give it to organizations that will put it back in your campaign fund.
You might be a Progressive if you solicit some union’s vote, then cut those union jobs and give money to another union.
You might be a Progressive if you think writing checks will fix poverty but killing jobs won’t.
You might be a Progressive if you think you can print unlimited cash knowing you can never pay for it.
You might be a Progressive if you think a “tax the rich policy“ will make the rich pay more taxes.
You might be a Progressive if you teach children that our country hasn’t made any progress.
You might be a Progressive if you think a country without borders can remain sovereign.
You might be a Progressive if you divide people into groups and then tell them their problems are the fault of the other groups.
You might be a Progressive if you think there’s a practical difference between democratic socialism and communism.
You might be a Progressive if communists and socialists fund your campaign.
You might be a Progressive if you think spending money you don’t have makes you more prosperous.
You might be a Progressive if you think spending other people’s money, that they don’t have, makes THEM more prosperous.
You might be a Progressive if your environmental “save the planet” policies destroy the environment.
You might be a Progressive if you believe killing a developing baby Eagle should be illegal but killing a developing baby human should be legal.
You might be a Progressive if you call opposition to Communism, or any other authoritarian ideology, racism.
You might be a Progressive if you think that “From each according to his ability to each according to his need” is a sound economic policy.
In fact, if you call yourself a Progressive you are most likely a Marxist wearing a more polite badge. Self avowed “Progressives” in today’s world are working to enact Marx’s Communist Manifesto. Remember, Vladimir Lenin was a “Democratic Socialist”, who said the end result of Socialism is Communism, because the agenda cannot be achieved without the tyranny of a police state. Why? Because it is unnatural, and counter intuitive.
An authoritarian government can never create a benevolent citizenry. It can only dispossess its citizens to meet its own needs.
Class dismissed.
