# We really need a new progressive movement in America **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 11, 2012, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-really-need-a-new-progressive-movement-in-america/618444 "2012-04-11T07:35:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-really-need-a-new-progressive-movement-in-america/618444/322 "2012-04-21T22:20:57Z")
> [@Absolute](#): > > I’m not quite sure where they’d get the money for drugs and alcohol if they can’t afford the Internet - but in any case, yeah, you’re absolutely right. There’s no reason to provide a safety net, it will just sap them of their motivation and turn them into useless deadbeats. I had a moment of liberal weakness there. Fuck them if they can’t find a job, let them starve. Your consideration should be whether or not they will be fucking YOU up. You, a member of the wealthy, the employed, the few, will have a LOT more to lose than they will. Men are disposed to endure all sort of privations before they rebel, I have heard, but eventually the pitchforks and torches do come out. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-really-need-a-new-progressive-movement-in-america/618444/323 "2012-04-22T14:52:52Z")
> [@XT](#): > > Ado. [Adieu.](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/adieu) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-really-need-a-new-progressive-movement-in-america/618444/324 "2012-04-22T21:12:03Z")
Spelling nitpicks are much adieu about nothing. Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-really-need-a-new-progressive-movement-in-america/618444.md?page=16)