As phony then as now: Challenging Obama’s Anti-Progressivism

THIS IS A REPOST. First published on Dec. 7, 2010. The disgraceful Trump election is prompting widespread whining and anger among deluded Democrats, many of whom are literally shedding tears over Obama’s departure as Commander in Chief. For what is worth, here’s a dose of irrefutable reality we published 6 years ago. Dry up those stupid tears and get ready to fight.

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By Stephen Lendman

http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2009/12/obama-year-one-betrayal-and-failure.html

http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2009/12/obama-year-one-betrayal-and-failure_23.html

Definitions of Progressivism

Merriam Webster defines it as people “believing in moderate political change and especially social improvement by governmental action.” The Oxford Dictionary says it’s anyone “advocating or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas.” Wikipedia calls it a “political attitude favoring or advocating changes or reforms through governmental action.”

Liberals, progressives, and intellectuals who “support a politician who publicly and openly embraces new wars, billionaire bailouts,” and mass privatizations, including essential services like healthcare, Medicare, education, perhaps Social Security, and more are “what C. Wright Mills called ‘crackpot realists.’

They support super-wealth and oppose social justice for Blacks, Hispanics, Latino immigrants, Muslims, working Americans, the poor and disadvantaged, consumer protections, populism, progressivism, honest elections, human and civil rights, and democratic values.

A Final Comment

Obama again showed his allegiance to wealth and power. The two-party dictatorship is venal and broken. Replacing it with real progressive change is vital. Indeed, there is no alternative!

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