A progressive sees ecology as the model for sustainable representative democracy; in so doing she/he holds first and foremost the ecological principals of diversity, environmental concurrency, and community continuity. At the spiritual heart of a progressive is the commitment to the inalienable right to clean air, clean water, native soil, viable habitat, and care for those in need. Such as it is with all sentient beings, among them, progressives.

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