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But we were struck by the way Kevin’s commenters floundered about, looking for simple ways to explain the progressive mission.
For ourselves, we think it’s very easy: The people, not the powerful! You have to explain where things go from there, of course. But that’s the essence of the progressive challenge—and it’s easy to state in a bumper sticker, despite the ballyhooed complexity of our wondrous liberal minds.
Without being checked, the powerful will eat you alive! Doesn’t everyone pretty much know that?
