We’re a Constitutional Republic. Not a Democracy.
Corrected it. A minor detail but important.
The Progressive Movement's main obstacle to forward movement is America's Constitution's guarantee of a Republican form of Government.
U. S. A. Constitution
Article IV
Section 4
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, ...
The Progressive Movement's main activity is influencing more Americans to abandon government by the rule of law under America's Republican form of Government in favor of law by the majority of man under a Democracy. Socialism cannot prevail without first achieving a Democracy. There are no short cuts.