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​First CLICK HERE to review "What is a Progressive?" and remember these simple, fundamental ideas:

Progressives want government to perform its Constitutional responsibility to protect the rights of the poor, working and middle class (the 99%) against the abuses of monopolies and unscrupulous capitalists in order to improve freedom, equality and fairness for everyone.

Progressives want sole proprietors and WORKERS to share in the benefits of entrepreneurship and free enterprise and cooperative ownership.

Progressives fight against both big corporations and big government.

If you are offended or "triggered" by anything on this page, then please realize that you are probably a Fauxgressive or a national socialist and should stop referring to yourself as a Progressive.

BEWARE...

It can difficult and confusing to identify Fauxgressives (fake progressives) because they ​fall into at least two distinct categories that occupy very different places on the political spectrum.

Ever since the Reagan administration, Liberal socialists have been portrayed by Conservatives as those people who advocate for big, inefficient government social programs. The vast majority of politicians who now refer to themselves as "Progressives" are actually Neo-Liberals who are simply afraid to refer to themselves as Liberals. They claim to support the "average person" but they really support the status quo. They tend to receive large donations from lobbyists, corporations and political action committees so they also tend to vote in the best interests of those groups and ignore the ever worsening situation of the poor, working and middle classes.

​NOTE:
It is also possible for a single person to hold truly Progressive views on some issues while having either Type 1 or Type 2 Fauxgressive beliefs on other issues.

Type 1: Liberal Corporate Shill Fauxgressive

Type 1 Liberal Corporate Shill Fauxgressives actually support corporatist policies and rarely fight for progressive causes. Their claims to support progressive causes in principle are phony virtue signaling to disguise their unwillingness to do anything personally to further those causes, especially if it means giving away time, money, or privilege.

Type 1 Liberal Corporate Shill Fauxgressives say they want change, but the type of change that they support involves minor tweaks around the edges of problems that won't really impact the status quo and won't really challenge the powers that be. Or, even worse, they supported legislation (NAFTA, the Crime Bill) that did actual harm to the 99%.

Any self-proclaimed "Progressive" who is NOT deeply concerned about the high cost of housing and the homeless crisis in this country, or is not working to demand a living wage for the common worker or is not working to lower medical costs and drug prices and provide fundamental health care to all Americans is really a Type 1 Corporate Shill Fauxgressive.

A person might be a Type 1 Liberal Corporate Shill Fauxgressive if they...

1. Think "Russian meddling" in our elections is worse than bipartisan gerrymandering, Democratic rigging or Republican voter suppression.
2. Accept campaign donations from lobbyists, corporations and political action committees.
3. Support increasing the military budget.
4. ​Do not speak out against endless wars.
5. Support trade deals (like TPP) that give away sovereignty to large multi-national corporations.
6. Support a Medicare "buy-in."

  

Type 2: Closeted Authoritarian Socialist Fauxgressive

Type 2 Closeted Authoritarian Socialist Fauxgressives want to take over and force both business and society to operate according to their authoritarian vision of the world. They are often radicals, revolutionaries, socialists, communists or (ironically) self-proclaimed "anarchists" who are afraid to label their beliefs accurately. Instead, they have co-opted the term "progressive" in order to hide their true beliefs. 

Type 2 Closeted Authoritarian Socialist Fauxgressives want government to take over the means of production so that they can impose authoritarian control over business and society. They want to move the country closer to Socialism or Communism. They call themselves progressives because referring to themselves as authoritarian socialists or communists would give them a negative connotation in the public eye.

​A person might be a Type 2, Closeted Authoritarian Socialist Fauxgressive if they...

1. Reject progress if it is not revolutionary or radical enough.
2. Oppose any progressive step forward if it isn't 100% in alignment with their desires, even if simple regulations would result in a serious improvement over our current situation.
3. Advocate for Authoritarian Socialist, Democratic Socialist or Social Democratic policies in which the government takes over ownership and control of large sections of the economy.​
4. Continually claim that America is a democracy, not a Republic, and seek to impose change even if it violates fundamental rights that are guaranteed by the Constitution.
5. ​Want the government to outlaw ALL private insurance and have government run the entire health insurance industry.
6. Want the government to provide everyone with a regressive $1,000 per month Guaranteed Minimum Income that is offset by removing existing means tested benefits.
7. Want the government to guarantee everyone a job.
8. Want to outlaw and eliminate the fossil fuel industry before a working alternative is in place.
9. Are willing to accept censorship as long as it prohibits the speech of those who disagree with them.

    

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Type 2 Closeted Authoritarian Socialist Fauxgressives tend to be aggressive, closed-minded, obnoxious, authoritarian, social justice warrior know-it-alls who rarely defend their opinions with verifiable facts.

Type 2 Closeted Authoritarian Socialist Fauxgressives ​often resort to ad hominem attacks on peoples' character in order to try to make people feel guilty that they are not living up to an artificially high moral standard.

  

Type 2 Closeted Authoritarian Socialist Fauxgressive:

The above image clearly describes the typical reaction of a Type 2 Closeted Authoritarian Socialist Fauxgressive whenever democratic elections do not produce the results they demand.

Type 2 Closeted Authoritarian Socialist Fauxgressives display the following traits (From Urban Dictionary):

1. They are likely to support any politician who promises to have the government give them free stuff.
2. They are arrogant individuals who will attempt to dictate how you should live your life because, "It's in your best interest," as if you don't know what's good for you but they do.
3. They believe that they know what is best for everybody else.
4. They claim to believe in the rights of everyone, except those who disagree with them.
5. They think name-calling and demonizing opponents is the same as debate.
6. They claim to believe in tolerance and open-mindedness while being woefully blind to how intolerant and closed-minded they themselves are.
7. They go on and on about "free/independent thinking" and being "open-minded," yet they do everything they can to censor anybody who doesn't toe their party line.
8. They try to tell you how to think and will try to argue with you any time you state your own opinion by twisting your words to make you sound bad.
9. They will use annoying buzzwords like "diversity" and "ethnic" to make you look like you're racist against minorities.
10. They are often university educated younger working professionals who live in newer, trendy, upscale neighborhoods who believe that their higher education puts them above most poor people in society and will lead them to a peaceful, quality, happy successful existence in life. 
11. They see themselves are the new super heroes or saviors of society. 
12. Their demagoguery tends to cloud their judgment.
13. They are quick to call anybody who disagrees with them a "racist," "homophobe," "bible-thumper," or "redneck" but defend this practice by claiming to be standing up in support of "tolerance."
14. They claim to be open-minded but will easily say "fuck you" if you don’t share their view. 
15. They may have supported Occupy Wall Street but they did so from the comfort of their living room.
16. They think the Constitution is flawed because they can't control all 3 branches of government
17. They believe other’s success could only have come at THEIR expense.
18. They believe Al Gore is right about global warming, even though his predictions have not come true and his carbon footprint 100X that of the average person.
19. They do not believe that it is okay for people in the world to have differing opinions.
20. They believe corporations and profit are evil, and will tweet about this 24/7 on their iPad.
21. They get mad at people for being proud of being white or American, or both.
22. They protest the killing and eating of animals but defend their right to vacuum a human fetus out of their own or their spouse's uterus.
23. They claim to be well-informed even though they get their news/talking points from the Daily KOS and/or MSNBC.
24. They believe that personal wealth is evil yet they fawn over wealthy celebrities and limousine liberals.
25. They think the government can fix everything by forcing people to be good at gun point.
26. They believe all Scandinavian propaganda on how great socialism is, yet fail to realize how authoritarian things have become there.
27. They want to eliminate your freedom of religion because "churches are intolerant."
28. They want to take away your right and means to defend yourself against violence and force you to be a victim because "That will make everyone safer."
29. They will try to restrict your right to free speech if you disagree with them because your expression of free speech is "hate speech!"
30. They want to take away the money you worked your ass off to earn and give it to someone that doesn't even try to get a job, because of "income inequality."
31. The think that voter identification is racist, because it discriminates against dead people.
32. They want to deny you the right to raise your children the way you choose, and instead forcibly indoctrinate them to their way of thinking which they call "education."
33. They will quickly denounce anybody with actual real-world experience.
34. They think that it is a woman's right to have abortions on demand but they want mothers (and fathers) to forcibly vaccinate their children.
35. They demand that the government takes care of everyone from birth to death.
36. They advocate greater government regulation of just about anything.
37. They claim to want to help out the average person but really wants everyone to live according to their politically correct, elitist, socialist agenda. 
38. They tend to be much nastier people than libertarians or conservatives, and often behave hypocritically.
39. They may be horrified by the idea that someone, somewhere, might be earning more money than someone else.
40. They believe that a government that runs record deficits should have the power to govern how businesses operate.
41. They want sanctuary cities, higher taxes, free everything and less liberty.
42. They claim to support freedoms but feel that any church that won't perform a gay wedding should be shut down.

​FAUXgressives have tarnished the good name of Progressives.