There is very little that is progressive about progressive philosophy any more. In this vein, they look very much like activists for whom the primary motivation is to perpetuate whatever problem they're claiming to fight. If the problem was fixed, they'd have to find real jobs. So it is with progressives, who continue to invent issues or overblow those that exist. The tell that progressive ideas are so "popular" is that they tend to require force in order to be enacted.
There is very little that is progressive about progressive philosophy any more. In this vein, they look very much like activists for whom the primary motivation is to perpetuate whatever problem they're claiming to fight. If the problem was fixed, they'd have to find real jobs. So it is with progressives, who continue to invent issues or overblow those that exist. The tell that progressive ideas are so "popular" is that they tend to require force in order to be enacted.