“Progressive” means a set of certain policies, and not actually progressive
Sadly, the word has been thoroughly hijacked
Just like conservative. They don't want to conserve anything anymore, they just want to make money.
Seems like the socialists who want to socialize everything are at least honest.
I am a conservative. Not that I want to flaunt my political affiliation, because I know no one cares, but in HN "X is one of the most progressive countries" could sound like an endorsement, and I wanted to make sure that it didn't sound that way.