Exactly right Chachacha and Rubicon. Progressing to what, and to what end?

"Progressive" in today's political reality is another term for progressing to "social justice", or basically, to socialistic views of wealth distribution and equal outcome. Social Justice as an agenda has become linked with Marxist economics.

The "Rev." Al Sharpton preached that we won't have true social justice until everything is "equal in everybody's house."

Progressivism or Social Justice; whatever you want to codify the definition to relate to today's political reality, it shorthand for socialism or communism.

You can call a skunk another name if you like, but it will still stink.