'I'm not a progressive': Fetterman breaks with the left, showing a maverick side - eviltoast
  • banneryear1868@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Exactly I don’t consider myself a progressive either for similar reasons and I don’t agree with the notion of progress they seem to believe in. I’m a materialist and believe progress is contingent on economic and material conditions and that people’s notions of progress are relative to that. “Progress” begs the question progress to what and for them it’s often progress in a capitalist individualist sense, where more of the best people get the best stuff. Progress to them would be like more minorities represented in executive level careers but progress to me would mean the system that creates these disparities doesn’t exist. Progressives think capitalism can be redeemed by appealing to its own morality basically.

    https://youtu.be/kOk05dKl8-c?si=gXlco_tfUU9fmiPm