The Progressivati
Glenn Beck’s latest paranoid delusion is really amusing. He finally reads American history, and he concludes that all of our social progress in the last 100 years can be traced to a multi-generational conspiracy by Progressives:
BECK: “I’ve done a lot of reading on history in the last few years and I was amazed to find that what we’re experiencing now is really a ticking time bomb that they designed about 100 years ago, beginning in the progressive movement. And they thought, ‘You know what, if we just do this and this and this and this, over time if we do it in both the Republican and Democratic parties, we will have our socialist utopia.’”
But there is no secret society of Progressives, no clever plot that manages to attract both Republicans and Democrats, and no pre-planned “socialist utopia.”
What exists is the pragmatic evolution of human relations. We live and work together for mutual aid in survival and happiness. We share common needs, and we learn from experience that working together with other people enhances our ability meet those needs. This requires coordination, whether by an individual, the group as a whole, or a sub-group. It is out of this need for coordination that governments arise. The more effective a government is at coordinating and ensuring our mutual survival and happiness, the longer it will remain. Eventually we learn that the survival and happiness of the social group is best achieved by ensuring that the “mutual aid” we all seek is “mutually” enjoyed by all members of the group, not just a particular individual, class or sub-group, and that the “aid” we seek addresses all of the challenges we face in life, not just defense.
Glen Beck can only imagine that some secret group - “They” - have plotted and implemented, piece by piece, over 100 years, various reforms intended to create a “socialist utopia.” But “They” do not exist, outside of Glen Beck’s paranoid fantasy.
Of course, that is what I would say, if I were one of “Them”.....
Alex Budarin, 12th Degree Progressivati
BECK: “I’ve done a lot of reading on history in the last few years and I was amazed to find that what we’re experiencing now is really a ticking time bomb that they designed about 100 years ago, beginning in the progressive movement. And they thought, ‘You know what, if we just do this and this and this and this, over time if we do it in both the Republican and Democratic parties, we will have our socialist utopia.’”
But there is no secret society of Progressives, no clever plot that manages to attract both Republicans and Democrats, and no pre-planned “socialist utopia.”
What exists is the pragmatic evolution of human relations. We live and work together for mutual aid in survival and happiness. We share common needs, and we learn from experience that working together with other people enhances our ability meet those needs. This requires coordination, whether by an individual, the group as a whole, or a sub-group. It is out of this need for coordination that governments arise. The more effective a government is at coordinating and ensuring our mutual survival and happiness, the longer it will remain. Eventually we learn that the survival and happiness of the social group is best achieved by ensuring that the “mutual aid” we all seek is “mutually” enjoyed by all members of the group, not just a particular individual, class or sub-group, and that the “aid” we seek addresses all of the challenges we face in life, not just defense.
Glen Beck can only imagine that some secret group - “They” - have plotted and implemented, piece by piece, over 100 years, various reforms intended to create a “socialist utopia.” But “They” do not exist, outside of Glen Beck’s paranoid fantasy.
Of course, that is what I would say, if I were one of “Them”.....
Alex Budarin, 12th Degree Progressivati
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