this statement: Progress is good for America. Do you agree or disagree and why? are there historical facts that make you feel one way or the other? I just want some opinions. Thanks!
2007-03-29 09:30:33 · 11 answers · asked by a-ren 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
By definition, progress is usually a good thing. I suppose it depends on whether you define progress this way or just as change in general. Progress as change could mean getting better or getting worse.
I think making progress and improving is always good. Who wouldn't? We've come a long way from the days when women couldn't vote, blacks were enslaved, and only rich, white, landowning men could vote.
2007-03-29 09:35:28 · answer #1 · answered by Underground Man 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree. Progress is good for America. We have electricity. Not many people can say that is a bad thing. Most of us have running water and automatic sewage removal. Except for paying the utility bills, I don't see anything bad there. Many people have natural gas piped to their homes: good for heating, cooking, hot water.
Cell phones are progress. Land phones require so much more hardware and maintenance that they eventually will die out.
2007-03-29 09:37:23 · answer #2 · answered by regerugged 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Progress is a good thing, as long as the study of history is maintained. Otherwise its just taking stabs in the dark.
2007-03-29 09:36:46 · answer #3 · answered by steddy voter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, progress is good for America, but NEVER mistake change for progress.
2007-03-29 09:34:07 · answer #4 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the question is what is meant by progress. Of course progress is good, but i would not call bigger factories, and more roads progress.
I would call progress: more wisdom, more happiness, more love, more true wealth etc.
2007-03-29 09:56:16 · answer #5 · answered by Eyebright 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends...monetarily and technologically, progress is good in most cases, environmentally and for the guy who gets replaced by a computer, it is sometimes not good
2007-03-29 09:35:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Progress is rarely bad, unless it's progress with napalm or cluster bombs. Most progresses in science have positive statements, but you can't make statements like 'all [something] is good'.
2007-03-29 09:33:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Progress is by definition good.
Change is not by definition good.
The key is to call any change "progress" and therefore claim it is all good.
2007-03-29 09:39:43 · answer #8 · answered by dugfromthearth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think we need to change what we refer to as "progress." It usually just means destroying the planet and covering it in blacktop.
2007-03-29 09:34:07 · answer #9 · answered by Beau D. Satva 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
progress is always good. stasis is bad because then nothing will ever get any better
2007-03-29 09:36:48 · answer #10 · answered by kapute2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋