Progressive is in quotes because that's what they call themselves. I have other names for them that are inappropriate for HN. And progressivism is not for indi

Progressive is in quotes because that's what they call themselves. I have other names for them that are inappropriate for HN. And progressivism is not for individual freedoms by definition. Far from it. Progressivism refers to the impulse to use government intervention as a means to achieve social ends. The temperance movement was part of the progressive movement in this country. As was the eugenics movement. Progressivism does not have any unique claims to the fight for individual rights. Far from it. Progressivism was first used in contrast to 'constitutionalism', which was the philosophy of enlightenment individual rights as espoused by those who wrote the American constitution. This is hardly controversial stuff. It's even in the Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressivism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressivism. > In the United States, progressivism began as an intellectual rebellion against the political philosophy of Constitutionalism as expressed by John Locke and the founders of the American Republic, whereby the authority of government depends on observing limitations on its just powers.