West is right, but I think his frame of reference (as the term is used in physics) is off.
Progressivism
is what Obama, Clinton and Bush
are and it has always been their goal to take as much personal freedom and prosperity from the unwashed masses as possible. In other words, a marriage between the political elite and Big Money. It started in America with TR and Wilson, morphing into what we have now. Europe is couple decades ahead of us and they exported this poison philosophy across the Pond at the Jekyll Island meeting.
In short, Progressivism uses WAR to make the common folk feel so insecure they're willing to sacrifice personal sovereignty and prosperity for security. It's why Wilson got us into WWI almost before the dust settled from his reelection campaign whose slogan was "He kept us out of war". Isn't that ironic?
They are doing this with the idea that nationalism is obsolete and if they can erase borders and spread the leftovers equally among the peasants war will no longer be necessary. They think its
their idea, but it is NOT.
After WWI ( 8 million dead) the first serious attempt at global governance, The League of Nations flopped.
20 years later we fought WWII (50 or 60 million dead) and the UN was formed, specifically as a framework for a world government. But America demanded and got VETO power along with the rest of the victorious allies. In order for a true world government
that condition was unacceptable and Americans in particular needed to be convinced to cede their prosperity and personal power. That could not be done quickly, but Progressivism, a less offensive term than Fabian Socialism (look up Fabian Socialism and see if its tenets are not exactly what we've been seeing for the last 50 years), is patient. It works incrementally which is what makes different from out and out
Bolshevism! The goals, however, are exactly the same.
The Establishment = Progressivism = Fabian Socialism = Communism = (if you believe the Bible) The one world government of the Antichrist.
Practically all our "leaders" in both parties are heavily invested in bringing this about. You should be VERY concerned about our participation in it.