Right‑Wing Progressives Defined

Updated: 2025.10.07 14D ago 1 sources
The piece argues that figures like Marc Andreessen are not conservative but progressive in a right‑coded way: they center moral legitimacy on technological progress, infinite growth, and human intelligence. This explains why left media mislabel them as conservative and why traditional left/right frames fail to describe today’s tech politics. — Clarifying this category helps journalists, voters, and policymakers map new coalitions around AI, energy, and growth without confusing them with traditional conservatism.

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The Rise of the Right-Wing Progressives - by N.S. Lyons
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Lyons’s reading of Andreessen’s 'Techno‑Optimist Manifesto' as a progressive creed and his coinage of 'Right‑Wing Progressives.'
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