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"A Critique of Liberalism in Progressive Politics." The 2016 presidential election and resulting political upheaval reflects the weakness in progressive politics in this country. In my humble opinion, that weakness is liberalism. In progressive politics there exists two strains: liberalism and radicalism. It seems to me that liberals have a history of selling out progressive politics—or just barely doing enough to advance the cause of social and racial justice. Take for example the construction period after slavery. The liberal Republicans in the North supported policies that empowered Black people. This led to the unprecedent political and economic advancement of Black people in former Confederate states. But then came the presidential election of 1876. Liberal Republicans compromised with white Southerners who resented the federal protections that allowed Southern Blacks to thrive. In order for Ruther B. Hayes' election to go unchallenged, liberal Republicans promised to remove those federal protections and