Progressive not in the political ideology definition, but Progressive in the origin meaning "a process or approach that involves making gradual, continuous improvements or advancements over time."
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You are not a clever word smith. They are one and the same.
It is the accumulative "progress" of do-gooder progressives just like what you're describing that got us to where we are now.
It is there incrimental progressive encroachment everywhere.
You don't get to distance yourself from it being labeled "progress" because the experiment didn't produce good results.
What are a gabillion gigawatts of power trying to do for the Bitcoin network ??? CONSERVE the idea of hard money.
Where is Bitcoin being attacked???? With every bit of "progress".
"#Change the code"
The answer to a progressive experiment is not a new progressive experiment. The answer is to CONSERVE what worked. (Interpret "conserve" in either way because again they are one and the same)
Roll-Back!
I acknowledge & validate your points.
I simply do not believe in a status quo. One should always be better tomorrow then they are today.
No. I do not always achieve that, but I attempt the effort.