It would be a sad shift of the Overton Window if we accepted the acknowledgement of scientific reality or the basic humanity and dignity of all Americans* as “progressivism”.
RAND Corp.'s research priorities and conclusions move alongside the U.S. military’s. Both incorporate progressive study areas only insofar as they serve their institutional interests, just as was the case with non-progressive study areas (e.g. RAND’s contribution to the neoliberal consensus via a certain beautiful but clinically paranoid mind).
[* “All humans” would be pushing things when it comes to the U.S. military.]
