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Pavanna's avatar

I don’t agree Bill. Real progress is on a non-linear continuum. Life is like a cha-cha; a variety of steps forward, back & to the side. Eventually one gets around the dance floor...

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bill wolfe's avatar

Here's a classic for you, by Christopher Lasch:

The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/true-and-only-heaven-christopher-lasch/1100879621

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Tony Broomfield's avatar

Would that I had 32 bucks to spend on literature

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bill wolfe's avatar

The concept of progress is a myth. There's no such thing.

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Kelly Em's avatar

Progress DOES happen. I think you mean to say, “progressivism is not progress.” If so, of course. Progressivism is just oligarchal meddling dressed up as a social good.

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