[ProgressingAmerica]

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Progressives do not want to discuss their own history. I want to discuss their history.

Summary: The worst, most destructive act any conservative can engage in with progressivism is simply the act of reading their original words and passing along what was really meant. Progressives need shadows and lies to survive. Who will turn on the flashlight?

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

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[publius911]

Progressivism and the scam of "The American Dream"
...See, what the progressives don't want you and I to do is to actually go and pick up some...

You are your own worst enemy.

I hate to seem like a hardass, but anyone who pretends to share wisdom and insights, but refuses to master elementary school English can do it somewhere else. Typos are tolerable, but violations of grammar and syntax are not. At least get a high schooler to edit your words of wisdom...

I'm only speaking for myself, but when I run into one of those, I stop reading and move on... life is too short.

[JimRed]

There is no reason why wealth, which is a social product, should not be more equitably controlled and distributed in the interests of society.

From each, according to his performance. To each, according to his performance. Perform better or smarter, get richer. It ain't rocket science.

[rlmorel]

"...There is no reason why wealth, which is a social product, should not be more equitably controlled and distributed in the interests of society..."

And there you have it.

But here is the kicker: Just as the Left has appropriated much of the language and enslaved it to their ideology, we have taken their phrase "The American Dream", and given it true meaning since the founding of this country.

When we (as conservatives) refer to "The American Dream", we reference a country that is merit based. No matter how high you are born, you can fail without hard work. And no matter how low you are born, you can succeed beyond your wildest dreams, and all it takes is hard work, dedication, and persistence. ANYONE can succeed. That is our interpretation as conservatives. And it is true. It is why people USED to come from all over the world to come to this country.

To put it plainly, we want equal opportunity. The Left (including those like James Truslow Adams) want equal outcomes.

Tools like those who adhere to leftist policies, don't have that in mind.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position.

. . . a dream, IOW, of what Thomas Sowell calls "cosmic justice.” We can dream of “cosmic justice” only so long as we are unaware of original sin. If the sins of the fathers are visited on the sons unto the fifth generation, who among us can be sure of withstanding the “retribution” that might be our due? Which is part (only) of why the Bible instructs us about mercy. Why we need it, and why we need to grant it to others.

Birth order within the same family significantly predicts relative outcomes. The “Great Society” has put a wrecking ball to the family as an institution; it will take an even worse destruction to eliminate the effect of the “fortuitous circumstance” of birth order.