“The intellectual foundation of the progressive movement, though, can be traced farther back — to the French Revolution inspired by Rousseau and Robespierre. The central faith was that the “collective” was more important than the “person.” Robespierre said, “The people is always worth more than individuals. ... The people is sublime, but individuals are weak.”
Following the progressivism of Wilson were communism, fascism and Nazism. All believed in the state and tried to marginalize religion.”