What do you consider the tenets of “progressivism”, as you describe it, to be? The common meaning amongst society is one of top down control, state actions to influence individual decision making, and forced acceptance of progressive “truths”. If you are a true believer in individual rights and a true free market, I think you’d be better off calling yourself something else. It seems like you are trying to justify a terrible system by ascribing virtuous beliefs to a non-virtuous ideology that has led to untold death and suffering.