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I would argue that there are not problems that need to be solved so much as goals current politicos are actively pursuing. When progressives talk about "overthrowing the old order" and "fundamentally transforming America" the destruction of the American civic identity and the elimination of the middle class are exactly what they are talking about.
The Biden-voting Brahmins want the US to be divided by race and class because they imagine that this will eliminate threats to their power. The reason prorgessives hate capital H-A-T-E groups like Moms for Liberty, and people like Elon Musk, Chaya Raichik, and (dare I say it) Donald Trump is that they are a unifying influence, even that influence is just saying out loud what everyone else was already thinking. Things like; Epstein didn't kill himself. Fauci Lied people Died. We shouldn't be entrusting our children to mentally ill sexual deviants.
Anyone paying attention could see that policies of Obama coupled with the failure theater of the "moderate" patrician-wing of the GOP had led to decline in American quality of life and prestige and that's exactly why MAGA resonated as a campaign.
Ons suspect that reason Progressives are so opposed to having skills best testing in education is that aside from being a direct threat to them financially, they want their students to be largely illiterate and easily manipulated by TikTok and other such platforms. Literate students might start to ask questions and become aware of what they've lost/missed out on.
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