Is this the case? I would think most adults have realized that nature does not do fair, and it cannot be made fair.
I was under the impression that "progressivism" is more about raising the floor for quality of life, not about making things fair. So as to avoid the situations of favelas next to high rise condos with pools on their balconies.
- they tend to be young;
- political activists who have done nothing else;
- or drug addicts.
I can count on my fingers the number of serious progressives I’ve met who aren’t one of those things during my entire life in Seattle.
The “progressive” movement is why we have addicts encamped at a school — they’re so out of touch with reality, they view that as “compassion”.
Meanwhile, most adults realize police sweeps don’t solve homelessness, but they do prevent violent drug addicts leaving used needles all over the children’s playground.
I would not classify that as progressivism. Things like voting rights and ranked choice voting, progressive taxation, environmental protection, increasing educational opportunities for all, more nutritional options for food at schools, access to mental and all other healthcare, etc would fall under progressivism in my book. Of course, I'm not the arbiter of what is and is not deemed progressive, but generally I was under the impression that the goals were to keep the bottom quintiles moving forward, not letting drug addicts establish camps on or near school grounds.