2006-10-25 16:58:40 · 9 answers · asked by milan t 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
What country are you talking about? The USA? I would hardly call slavery progressive.
2006-10-25 17:01:37 · answer #1 · answered by scarlettt_ohara 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't think the United States became radical recently. When it was founded, the United States was considered radical. It was considered "the Great Experiment" because no one knew really what would happen and if it could succeed.
The United States is not really extremist. The U.S. killed people by law (and even enslaved them) in 1789, and the governments of the states and the federal government kill people today - no difference.
What would be really radical and extreme is to actually push human rights agendas forward internationally. (That's really too radical to happen! It won't happen.)
2006-10-26 00:05:18 · answer #2 · answered by voltaire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The concepts of personal freedoms and self-rule upon which the US was founded were radical concepts for their time. They were radically progressive, you might say, since they challenged the status quo (monarchy) in ways that were positive for the majority of the people.
We HAVE drifted pretty far afield from the concepts of Franklin, Jefferson, and Hamilton. Today, the wealthy elite can buy whatever sort of government they want. The districts are so gerrymandered that the voters have very little choice in the matter of who wins. And the elected leaders do what they want with little or no thought to how it effects the citizens.
We have come, in fact, right back to the problems that led us to rebel against Britain in the first place. The majority of the people are taxed, but only the elite are truly represented.
2006-10-26 00:09:43 · answer #3 · answered by Chredon 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree with yupchagee (hope I spelled thqat right).
However often a country is moved away from progressiveness, and toward radical and extreme right, through fear.
Fear drives a nation to arm itself militarily.
Fear drives a nation to use a lot of rhetoric in order to arm people morally against possible or perceived ennemies.
Fear drives a nation to justify preventive attacks on others.
So, I believe any nation that moves from progressivism to radicalism is most likely a very frightened nation. If that applies to your country or not, I don't know. I hope not.
2006-10-26 19:37:47 · answer #4 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What country? Sri Lanka? But if your talking about the U.S. then its mainly because for the last 230 years we have taken in just about anyone. So naturally we will get all types, but now I have to ask you a question. When our country was founded, werent we the radicals and extremists?
2006-10-26 00:04:17 · answer #5 · answered by e260aaw 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Define progressive, radical & extremist. Then give examples to back up your claims. Then we can have an inteligent discussion.
2006-10-26 00:00:50 · answer #6 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You need to be more specific. Radical left or right? I say radical left because we have allowed judges to become activists who circumvent the legislative process.
2006-10-26 00:01:34 · answer #7 · answered by Chainsaw 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am assuming that you are talking about the US...
You are being ethnocentric. Stop taking your own personal values system and applying it to historical figures that you admire...
There are absolutely no similiarities between today's liberals and our founders, who had no problems "legislating morality." In fact, they had no problems defining morality...
2006-10-26 01:29:08 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you talking about the U.S., if you are then you need to look into a book about U.S. policies, which are pretty conservative and moderate.
2006-10-26 00:01:41 · answer #9 · answered by asmith1022_2006 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋