What is Progressivism?
__FORCETOC__ [[File:Tornbergs ur Centralen 2013 03.jpg|A wheel with wings is often a [[symbol]] of progress|thumb|upright=1.3]] The idea of '''progress''' is the belief that [[society|human society]] gets better and better over time.<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/progress/|title=Progress definition|chapter=Progress|year=2019|publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}}</ref> '''Progressivism''' is a kind of [[politics]] based on social progress.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Tröhler|first=Daniel|date=26 April 2017|title=Progressivism|encyclopedia=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education|doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.111|isbn=978-0-19-026409-3 }}</ref> It is also a {{c|Philosophical movements and positions|philosophical movement}}. Progress started being supported by many [[philosophers]] in the [[Age of Enlightenment]].<ref>{{citation|last=Outram|first=Dorinda|title=Panorama of the Enlightenment|publisher=Getty Publications|year=2006|page=29|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A84nA7Ae3t0C&q=%22Panorama%20of%20the%20Enlightenment%22&pg=PA29|isbn=978-0892368617}}</ref><ref>{{citation|first=Milan|last=Zafirovski|title=The Enlightenment and Its Effects on Modern Society|year=2010|page=144}}</ref> They believed that new inventions and [[Discovery (observation)|scientific discoveries]] would make people's lives better. Progressivism often supports [[reform]]s and change. It is related to [[liberalism]] and [[egalitarianism]]. == Politics == {{unreferenced|section|date=June 2020}} Progressive politics generally wants to change government in a new way. Unlike [[conservatism]] which wants to keep government similar. It most often refers to a political movement in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, called the [[Progressive Era]]. In the United States, these people wanted to change politics, which was at that time run by big business and corrupt political machines. Most of the people who believed in the Progressive Movement were part of