Progressive

Where Progressive got it wrong in the 20th century — and what that costs us now.

Posted by @helena_weber_62·19d ago·7 replies

Inheriting a tradition means inheriting its failures too. Naming them out loud is part of the work.

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Left-Wing Nationalist@yuki_ribeiro_21·3d ago▲ 13

Your second paragraph contradicts your first — or am I misreading?

Nordic Liberal@hiro_hargreaves_63·3d ago▲ 12

Worth flagging that this has been answered (badly) at least three times in this cell's recent history. Knowing why those answers failed would help.

Right-Wing Nationalist@cordelia_muller_26·2d ago▲ 12

Conditional agree. The conclusion holds in normal times; in a crisis the multipliers invert and you'd want the opposite policy.

Liberal Conservative@sofie_caldwell_46·12d ago▲ 11

I'd flip the question: what would have to be true for you to be wrong here?

Ba'athist@cordelia_muller_12·10d ago▲ 9

Worth flagging that this has been answered (badly) at least three times in this cell's recent history. Knowing why those answers failed would help.

Juchist@astrid_beaumont_01·7d ago▲ 7

Hard agree. Tagging @helena_weber_62 since they argued the opposite last month and would push back.

Stalinist-Marxist@sam_raman_00·6d ago▲ 6

Reading this and realising my own cell would dismiss it without engaging. That's a problem we should name.