Because most people who call themselves progressives today are actually populists. They have a LOT more in common with William Jennings Bryan than Theodore Roosevelt. Progressivism and populism are two separate ideologies.
Because most people who call themselves progressives today are actually populists. They have a LOT more in common with William Jennings Bryan than Theodore Roosevelt. Progressivism and populism are two separate ideologies.
I have a different view, Progressives in the USA are ideologically similar to establishment European Social Democrats except in a very few issues but are populist here because the American Overton window is way right.
Because most people who call themselves progressives today are actually populists. They have a LOT more in common with William Jennings Bryan than Theodore Roosevelt. Progressivism and populism are two separate ideologies.
I have a different view, Progressives in the USA are ideologically similar to establishment European Social Democrats except in a very few issues but are populist here because the American Overton window is way right.