Mikaela says:
Our sexy populist in a recent post expounded upon the difference between liberals and progessives, a conversation that Marjorie and I had a few months ago. You know! It comes up.
Mr. Sirota outlines excellent points about the very real differences with good illustrative examples, but in my mind he's missing the real kicker. The lynchpin. The one that makes all the difference.
As Mr. Christian Socialist declares in his (hilarious) comment to the post, "A liberal is a capitalist who believes that somehow or another, capitalism can be twisted to act in the public interest." A progressive thinks the system itself must change. But that's as far as Sirota goes.
What he's missing is this:
Progressives perceive/acknowledge/fight the structural inequality of the current capitalist system and seek to change it BECAUSE MERE ECONOMIC REFORMS ADVOCATED BY LIBERALS WILL NEVER ADDRESS THE FUNDAMENTAL INEQUALITIES.Phew. Felt really good to get that off my chest.
Carry on. Talk amongst yourselves.
Check the post out for yourself. The comments are highly educational in terms of the spectrum of debate on this key issue.
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