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It always makes me laugh how in the US the word "progressive" is basically meaningless.
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a meaningless mush word that is one of the many chicken and egg riddles of american political incoherence. you don't have to have any real goals or material plans to achieve them, you just have to vaguely gesture at 'progress' or harness its ephemeral power like wind in a kite. i'd call it running on vibes but even there you have to be in contact with something solid to feel them. it's the ideology of answering questions with obama campaign posters.
Change my ass. I'm still annoyed with myself that before 2008 - I actually believed him and believed in him. But that is life. Sometimes you learn late.
Hey, don't stress out about it. I was suckered in as well. I think a lot of people were.
Realising that you were wrong is part of growing. I actually consider Obama to be the first crack in my leftist-ism journey. If he hadn't failed so openly and spectactularly, I'd probably still be a shitlib.
Ditto.