Rothman further expands his thesis of the Progressive worldview adhering to Puritan underpinnings. And I agree with his thesis. I find it sound. I find it correct.
The progressive worldview is meliorist — that is, it embraces the belief that this world can be made better, if not perfected, through labor.
And…
Like the Puritans before them, the progressive perfectionist’s goals tend to be frustrated by mankind’s fallible nature. So it is that the aspiring left-wing reformer often comes to resent that very nature. Ultimately he concludes that it must be throttled out of the human species for good.
