That's an interesting term which I see bandied about a lot. "Progressive" is often tossed about as something superior to whatever now exists, when what it actually means, when used in a political sense, is "incrementally". Many people with ill intentions have been "progressives", both in this country and in other countires in times past. Essentially, they want to get from whatever exists now (Point A) to their utopian idea of what they think things should be (Point B), but they know they can't do that in one fell swoop, as the jump would be too jolting to society and there would be a revolt. So instead, many incremental or "progressive" steps are taken over a long period of time, and often covering generations, in order to reach the desired goal. Those alive at the start often know they will not see their goals met in their lifetimes, since the process is slow and each small step has to be accepted by society before the next can be launched. "Therefore, it takes generations of people doing the work "progressively" to get there. In the long game, citizens of later generations don't realize what has been lost or given up earlier and so losing just a little more of what they have left doesn't seem too bad, but that's how the next "progressive" step is made."
I assume you are talking about the current Republicans in the Federal offices.
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