The Real Origins of American Progressivism

The Real Origins of American Progressivism
The Walden Pond Conservation Area marked the site of Henry David Thoreau's hut in Concord, Massachusetts. James Kirkikis/Shutterstock
Lee Smith
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It’s become a habit of late to blame foreign ideologies for what’s wrong with America. But the radical ideas driving disastrous policies and actions don’t come from communism or fascism, or even globalism. Rather, the sources of America’s self-destructive woke culture are thoroughly American.

Lee Smith
Lee Smith
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Lee Smith is a veteran journalist whose work appears in Real Clear Investigations, the Federalist, and Tablet. He is the author of “The Permanent Coup” and “The Plot Against the President.”
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