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re: What have Progressives done to make this country great?

Posted on 6/20/26 at 8:28 am to
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
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Posted on 6/20/26 at 8:28 am to
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All I hear is them bitching and moaning about capitalism and that socialism is better. Tax the rich...tax tax tax.

We tend to focus on the economic issues with the left. But I think the most damage they've done is to convince a large portion of Americans that freedom of speech needs to be limited. There's just too much 'misinfo, disinfo, hate, etc.' They did a lot of speech banning on Twitter when Dems in the White House contacted the lefties that ran Twitter. Just look at what has happened to free speech in Europe.
Posted by McLemore
Member since Dec 2003
35507 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 8:30 am to
They gave us Teddy Roosevelt.

Eta: this is obviously a dad joke.
This post was edited on 6/20/26 at 9:12 am
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
49348 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 8:31 am to
Destroy black families & get minorities dependent on the government.

To them, those are great accomplishments.
Posted by Narax
Member since Jan 2023
8432 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 8:35 am to
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What have Progressives done to make this country great?

Let women vote... oh yea...
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
Member since Oct 2012
129672 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 8:49 am to
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medicinal Marijuana


Lol
Posted by soonerinlOUisiana
South of I-10
Member since Aug 2012
2715 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 9:11 am to
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What have Progressives done to make this country great?


Here’s an exhaustive list:


Posted by Great Plains Drifter
Flyover, U.S.A.
Member since Jul 2019
10582 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 9:18 am to
They’ve made it great at corruption, filth and no self-accountability.

If you’re looking for “great” as in good things, it’s gonna take awhile to try and think anything Progressives have contributed in that respect.
Posted by dalefla
Central FL
Member since Jul 2024
4739 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 9:30 am to
Literally nothing that benefits all Americans. They tend to cater to misfit island dwellers. Amazing that 50% of the country agree with them.
This post was edited on 6/20/26 at 9:35 am
Posted by Placekicker
Florida
Member since Jan 2016
14423 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 9:39 am to
Posted by dnm3305
Member since Feb 2009
16367 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 9:47 am to
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What have Progressives done to make this country great?


They have clearly shown us who the domestic threats are to our country.

They used to hide in plain sight, now they have major platforms to spew their foolish anti-capitalist, anti-America bullshite.
Posted by Motownsix
NOLA
Member since Oct 2022
3379 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 9:59 am to
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Well, there’s the whole Progressive Era around the turn of the 20th century. That was a pretty big deal. I’m not sure if this board has even heard of it, and even if they have, y’all probably think it was communism or too woke or something.


The life expectancy of the average American almost doubled from 1900 to 2000. The reasons for this are almost solely attributed to emergence of the regulative state that conservatives have usually denounced and are actively trying to dismantle.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
67542 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 10:00 am to
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What have Progressives done to make this country great?


Their actual goal is directly opposed to making the country great.
Posted by Rip Torner
Member since Jul 2023
3185 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 10:07 am to
Dear God you are stupid, other than work place regulations, none of the inventions that have increased life expectancy were due to government regulations like penicillin, steel plow, chemical fertilizers, combustion engine, and vaccines. Y’all just make crap up to make it seem like your political views aren’t destructive. It’s why you change history and create fake holidays to fit the alternate fake reality that never existed.
Posted by Tigergreg
Metairie
Member since Feb 2005
27437 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 10:30 am to
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The reasons for this are almost solely attributed to emergence of the regulative state that conservatives have usually denounced and are actively trying to dismantle.


Bigger government did not do that. Innovation did. Innovation works best when there is less regulation, not more.
Posted by Sams Crow
Idaho
Member since Apr 2026
414 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 10:35 am to
Of the thousands of avenues available for improvement, I can think of just one: police accountability. Truly abusive police action against citizens boils my blood.
Posted by Friscodog
Ruston, LA. (Formerly Frisco TX)
Member since Jul 2009
5189 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 10:38 am to
Lib retard has a $3000 Cannondale bike he is out tooling around on.. Make him pay for the damages.
Posted by Placekicker
Florida
Member since Jan 2016
14423 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 10:43 am to
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Lib retard has a $3000 Cannondale bike he is out tooling around on.. Make him pay for the damages


Whoever thought up charging $3000 for a bicycle is genius. Liberals buy these, which cost as much as a used car, to prove their superiority over us and to thumb their noses at us carbon producers.
Posted by CedarGroveDog
Member since Jun 2026
90 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 4:35 pm to
You haven't seen children go from 100s of seizures a week to 6. Or cancer patients given pain relief, what exactly is so funny about that?
Posted by oldskule
Down South
Member since Mar 2016
25914 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 4:38 pm to
The PROGS believe if they hate TRUMP enough, things will change!!!!

Seriously, that is ALL they have.....
Posted by SnacknGold06
Member since Oct 2025
182 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 4:48 pm to
Healthcare - getting rid of the pre-existing condition loophole was net positive, although single payer with higher cap gains on the billionaire class would be even better.

Foreign policy - against misadventures in the Middle East. Stronger western alliances.

Worker and consumer protections.

They frick up quite a bit, but the truth is we haven’t truly had a progressive federal government since the FDR years. Most have been corporate lite since then. Even the Biden years were handouts to corporations.
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