Progressives believe in the concept of collective responsibility.

[MineralMan]

Conservatives believe in the concept of selective responsibility.

Under Progressive government, everyone benefits from the wealth of society.
Under Conservative government, only the ruling class benefits from the wealth of society.

In Progressive systems, everyone can live a decent life.
In Conservative systems, everyone must earn a decent life.

With Progressive governance, the privileged help support everyone.
With Conservative governance, everyone helps support the privileged.

[Aristus]

1. Very well-put.

[Takket]

2. nice... only thing I'd add is.........

Progressive and Conservatives both want people to "earn" a decent life, the difference being that Progressive want you to actually have the means (education, living wage, assistance when you need it) to do so. whereas for Conservatives that "decent life" is the carrot on a stick you are forever trying to reach as you pull the cart full of billionaires smoking cigars behind you.

[MineralMan]

3. Progressives want to ENSURE that everyone has a decent life.

That includes opportunities as well as help for those who need it.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. That is what we are all about.

You description comes from our Civics Classes taught back in olden times.

[MineralMan]

5. Yes. That is what we are SUPPOSED to be all about.

We have forgotten that, I think. Perhaps we need a reminder once in a while.

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Sad to say,

those whom never had the opportunity to have had or studied Civics will never understand what you and I and a few others are talking about.

[MineralMan]

8. It's not too late. For example, NPR has a series of podcasts

called Civics 101. It's possible to educate oneself.

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/512508710/civics-101

[Wellstone ruled]

10. Unless it is on someones

Twitter or Instagram,oh well,you and I try.

[Ciaphas Cain]

7. accountability as a catalyst for progress

It's the desire to account for injustice that drives the progressive movement?

Perhaps also to account for Justice and to reward those who practice it.

Why else would those who promote Justice associate with like minded individuals while shunning the unjust? I would say that such an organization sounds like a political party.

[TexasBushwhacker]

9. I'll add one more thing

Under the progressive system, rich people ARE STILL RICH! A little less rich? Okay, I'll give them that. But when Heidi Cruz complained that she and Ted couldn't afford a second home, when the 2 of them have a net worth over $4 Million and pull in at least $500K a year, what she meant was they couldn't afford the second home they WANT. There's something pretty obscene about that when a FIRST home has become unaffordable for most Americans. Under the Progressive system, everybody should be able to get what they NEED, while the wealthy may have to set their sights a tiny bit lower in terms of satisfying their WANTS. Progressives are willing to give up a little in the interest of everyone getting what they NEED. Conservatives don't want to give up a red cent to help people not like themselves.

[MineralMan]

11. Yes. There will still be rich people.

There will also be way fewer people living below the poverty line in a progressive system.

The meaning of "rich" changes from time to time. Being too poor to subsist never changes, though.

[TexasBushwhacker]

12. And having far fewer people living in poverty is much better for the economy as a whole

and ultimately, the wealthy benefit from that healthy economy as well. That's what I just don't get about the whole greed thing. Henry Ford, as imperfect as he was, knew what he was doing when he paid his workers enough that they could buy HIS CARS. Why doesn't the good Christian Walton family want to pay its workers more so they can spend more AT WALMART! BTW, the Walton family still controls 51% of ALL Walmart stock, so before people say "what about the shareholders?" well in the case of Walmart, they ARE the controlling shareholders.