A Progressive’s Doubts About Progressivism in the Age of Trump

Three ideological currents, ultra-conservative Christians, national-populists and techno-libertarians, although often opposed to each other, have been strengthened by the victory of Donald Trump and represent the backbone of the reactionary international

A Progressive’s Doubts About Progressivism in the Age of Trump

Discomfort and unease. Image Credit: Kenny Eliason/UpslashAlthough I am a political liberal who has voted for Democratic party candidates for nearly 40 years, the word that best describes how I felt about Donald Trump’s victory last November is “uncanny.” Plenty of people who share my political outlook would use other, more visceral words: “disbelief,” “despair,” “fear” or “outrage.” But for me, Trump’s return combined a sense of foreboding and …