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Originally Posted by BBQMan
I have no desire to nor do I watch listen to or read Glen Beck. What I said was historically accurate including my description of the Wilson presidency and his actions. I do believe that the current Progressive doctrine of an elite making decisions for and looking after the disadvantaged is today's intellectual equivalent of 'carrying the white man's burden'. If you look at history and think about the policies coming out of DC today, you may discover you agree.
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Not buying it. This sounds more accurate that Wilson was taking on Jacksonian principles. Of course, there was a lot of racism in the 1910s. The Founding Fathers were very racist for the most part and also very sexist.
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The "white man's burden" is more a part of colonialism than progressivism.