Although Progressives share much in common with CPUSA and DSA, they are shrewd enough to understand the terms "communist" or "socialist" are unpalatable for most Americans. Hence, the word "Progressive" was injected into American political verbiage. While the words are not interchangeable, one thing is for sure: The CPC is doing its part to further the goals of modern Communists and Socialists who have found a voice in the Democratic Party.
Adjective:
Covertly happening or developing gradually or in stages; proceeding step by step.
Noun:
A person advocating or implementing ideologically bankrupt social reforms under a new name, liberal ideas.
Synonyms:
adjective.
delusional - immoral - selfish - homosexualist - heterophobe - feminist
noun.
progressist - progressionist - communist - socialist - collectivist
Yes.
Commie - Noun: Freakin’ Commie B*stard!
Actually it’s the same old communism. Nothing new about it.
Progressivism, communism, socialism, liberalism, facism - they are all just some variation on Authoritarian collectivism.
You can call a pile of feces "a bunch of roses", but I still wouldn't recommend putting them in a vase on your dining room table.
I can’t find any place where anyone in the progressive caucus said that what LTC West said was untrue, they just poo pooed his pointing out the obvious. He’s right on!!!!
It’s not enough to label them “communists”. You gotta say “they are Communists who want to _____________________ “, and list their stated or understated goals.
No, it’s the old communism with a new paint job...........
In all fairness, modern socialism is a blend between Marxist socialism and national socialism, picking and choosing the elements they want from each system.
In some respects, this was seen as early as the 1930s in the “Ol’ Frank” Roosevelt administration. By then it was clear that many of the traditional Marxist-socialist doctrines were utter ca-ca. But national socialism and fascist economics, especially, was new and trendy.
“What we were doing in this country were some of
the things that were being done in Russia and even
some of the things that were being done under
Hitler in Germany. But we were doing them in an
orderly way.”
— President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nothing “new” about it. Same ‘ol, same ‘ol.
SnakeDoc
Nothing new about it. Communists used to call themselves “progressive” all the time.
Its like a Princess Bride thing...
I’m not sure America even knows what COMMUNISM means..
for sure they don’t know communism “IS” socialism..
and socialism is merely a symptom of democracy..
Democracy is indispensable to socialism. The goal of socialism is communism. -V.I. Lenin
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism .-Karl Marx
** progressives, socialism, communism, leftism are merely versions of the same thing.. and fascism, nazism are a cousins..
Walk like a duck,talk like a duck, he is a duck.
I’d say Progressivism is the old Communism in its new guise.
So far there have been mumblings like Obama sans the teleprompter, or just plain *crickets* or anger because they have no idea or there is no difference. This is an eduacational moment. The may NOT be card carrying communists but there is little to no difference as Lt Colonel and congrssman has stated, basically, there is no difference, just PC words as compared to the true work, progressives are promoting COMMUNISM in every way,in every form, in every street corned ani American sign.
I wish there was enough $$ in the coffers in FReeperville because I've have a ball making videos and interviewing these folks. I should use all them journalism classes someday.
No. It’s the same as the old communism.
Judging from the embrace of Romney....
Progressivism is also the new conservatism (ugh)
It's the other way around.
"Communism" doesn't mean much now that the Soviet Union is gone, China isn't very communist, and even Cuba is talking about change.
Nowadays, without Russian or Chinese or even Albanian backing, Communist or formerly Communist parties converging with other socialists and leftists and liberals in a "progressivism" that wouldn't have seemed like much in the party's heyday.
I’m trying to find the actual denial-—must’ve missed it-——West is exactly right and I hope he doesn’t find some reason to apologize.
Progressivism=Neo-Communism. Even Progressive would agree communism, until now, has been a failure. However, that is only because it wasn’t done right.
So, try try try again.
Ironically, progressivism was done more hampered the greatest system in the world. Even with all the monkey wrenches capitalism has created the closest to thing to paradise.
The obviously flaw with fundamentally changing a basically free society to some form of communism/socialism/fascism you run out of “rich” folks, and or industrious workers, to pay for such a Utopiian society.
So, you muck up the system, that while not perfect, worked. It woulld have worked even better had it not been mucked with.