I have to disagree with this characterization of democrat progressives: "On foreign policy, progressives lean toward non-interventionism and multilateralism, maintaining an overall critical stance toward America's military-industrial complex...."
I know a lot of progressives, even more now that Trump was elected. None of them - and I mean NONE of them - have a clue about other nations, international relations, and foreign policy. They are entirely domestic politics oriented. In fact I would say that the Dems lost the presidency race because they refused to call out Israel in its genocide, offering no major international differentiation from Trump.
If anything, progressive Dems read highly partisan media like The Atlantic and NYT for anything approaching ideological discussion and these are poor sources for making informed judgments about international relations. Oh yeah, to progressives Russia is still bad - RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA! - reoresenting sclerotic thinking - if any at all - on foreign countries and relations. So far I have yet to meet a progressive who is versed on Chinese history, Confucianism, Marxist-Leninism, urban-rural tensions, economics and trade, and anything else needed to have a serious discussion about the historic rise of China which of course is a Civilization and not merely a nation like America.
It's as if progressives do not understand there is an outside world and their fortunes are derived from a fiat-driven debt economy that limits their very objectives and values.
So focusing on how progressive leadership is acting is very limiting in understanding what how progressive membership believes.
I have to disagree with this characterization of democrat progressives: "On foreign policy, progressives lean toward non-interventionism and multilateralism, maintaining an overall critical stance toward America's military-industrial complex...."
I know a lot of progressives, even more now that Trump was elected. None of them - and I mean NONE of them - have a clue about other nations, international relations, and foreign policy. They are entirely domestic politics oriented. In fact I would say that the Dems lost the presidency race because they refused to call out Israel in its genocide, offering no major international differentiation from Trump.
If anything, progressive Dems read highly partisan media like The Atlantic and NYT for anything approaching ideological discussion and these are poor sources for making informed judgments about international relations. Oh yeah, to progressives Russia is still bad - RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA! - reoresenting sclerotic thinking - if any at all - on foreign countries and relations. So far I have yet to meet a progressive who is versed on Chinese history, Confucianism, Marxist-Leninism, urban-rural tensions, economics and trade, and anything else needed to have a serious discussion about the historic rise of China which of course is a Civilization and not merely a nation like America.
It's as if progressives do not understand there is an outside world and their fortunes are derived from a fiat-driven debt economy that limits their very objectives and values.
So focusing on how progressive leadership is acting is very limiting in understanding what how progressive membership believes.
Thanks for your opinion. 🙏I think Haolan means the progressives in the House or Senate rather than the ordinary progressives you talk about.