“Progressives? I’d say they are marxists”
Is there a difference?
Most “progressives” are dilettantes, sip coffee, debate ideas, and wish people like Trump would go away while they drive their BMW home.
Marxists are waiting for the revolution to start, they intend to kill you (and any insufficiently enthusiastic progressives) and/or take your stuff.
While we have a distressing number of progressives in this country, the number of Marxists is fairly low, and conservatives outnumber them and are better armed.
There’s no difference, but they are trying to mask their true colors by giving Marxism a fancier name. I won’t oblige.