Progressives might reach into leftist territory, but certainly not communist. Progressives are the target of much ridicule by far-left-wingers. They tend to hav

Progressives might reach into leftist territory, but certainly not communist. Progressives are the target of much ridicule by far-left-wingers. They tend to have absolutely no clue about the ideas underlying leftism, they just have a few specific policies they want enacted that happen to match some of the things leftists advocate, but usually for different reasons. Progressives still usually subscribe to the western ideals of Representative Democracy and Capitalism.