> They are "progressive" in title only. there's really no progress in living standard at all. "Progressive" usually refers to progress in equality & social jus

> They are "progressive" in title only. there's really no progress in living standard at all. "Progressive" usually refers to progress in equality & social justice. There've been many instances in American history where a small group has made significant progress at the expense of some larger outside group: initial settlement, slavery, Manifest Destiny, industrialization, redlining, the software boom. These are usually not labeled as progressive. The in-group usually labels them with terms like "destiny", "building the future", "progress" (not "progressive"), "technology", and "rationalization", while the out-group labels them as "colonialism", "imperialism", "conquest", and "corporate greed". The other major eras of progressivism in the U.S. (1900-1929 and the Civil Rights era from 1965-1980) also did not feature rising living standards for the dominant social group. The former involved a plateau in the rate of technological development & industrialization while increasing unionization started sharing those fruits more broadly, while the latter involved an extension of basic civil rights to non-whites, at the same time that stagflation was taking root and the wages of the white working class started to plateau. Keep that in mind: when you hear "progressive" it might not be progress for you.