July 24, 2019, Strategic Culture Foundation http://www.strategic-culture.org (Russia)
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/07/24/difference-between-being-liberal-being-progressive/
The difference between liberalism
and progressivism is ideological.
Historically, liberalism started
with John Locke, whose philosophy is here superbly
summarized, explained, and referenced to its sources, as I shall place in quotes from
that article:
Locke, writing in 1689, “praises
money as probably no one prior and after him,” and “The importance of property
is so high according to Locke that he makes its preservation ‘the great and
chief end’ [“The great and
chief end, therefore, of men’s uniting into commonwealths, and putting
themselves under government, is the preservation of their property.”, Ch. IX, Sec. 124] for which men
unite into commonwealth and establish government.” Lord Acton, writing in 1877
criticized Locke’s philosophy because Locke’s “notion of
liberty involves nothing more spiritual than the security of property, and is
consistent with slavery and persecution.” That was the case because
