Socialist policies are not 'progressive'. What he fuck does progress even mean when everyone has a different vision for the future?

Democrat here. stumbled onto this from the front page. I just want to clarify our position here because it seems misunderstood.

one of the biggest differences between the 'left' and the 'right' boils down to a disagreement on where capitalism will lead us. conservatives believe that as we innovate and automate jobs, new jobs in new fields will take their place. we've seen that happen time and time again.

progressives believe that eventually the switch will flip, and capitalism will succeed at what it's constantly tried to do - shed labor costs. we'll automate more and more jobs, and lose the ways in which most of us make a living.

we consider socialism "progressive" because it's the only way we'll maximize prosperity in this hypothetical jobless future. obviously you'll disagree if you have a different opinion of the future of capitalism. but it comes from a place of foresight, not authoritarianism or laziness. even though there's a lot of lazy idiots out there.

sorry if you don't care or if this post doesn't belong here