Is "Progressivism" our nation's cancer?

I am making an assumption that you are speaking about progressivism as the latest title for anti-traditional movement which picked up real steam a century ago or more. Modernism, post-modernism, progressive liberalism, etc. They are philosophical constructs which use the nihilism and collectivism of Marx, Engels, and Neitczhe for their axioms rather than the classical thought of say Aristotle, or the orthodox thought of G. K. Chesterston and Thomas Aquinas. It is a movement which for the most part denies a creator God, almost always denies the incarnation, and deplores any dogmatic orthodoxy, without examination, even when the orthodox view would clearly be the most reasonable and realistic one in a given situation. It requires a buying into a type of relative way of assessing the moral structure of society, and ones own personal morals, and adopts the poisonous ideal, "as long as it's not hurting anyone else, why should I care". If only that observation were EVER true. It is not. All actions taken by human beings have a negative or a positive impact on all other human beings. It very much matters what we do. Yes, even in our own bedrooms. Things which are not inherently and naturally sound and ordered toward goodness are wrong no matter when or where they are performed, and there are victims to all so called "victimless" crimes.

At any rate, progressivism, modernism, post modernism, moral relativism, and a general apathy towards all matters philosophical or theological by the seeming majority of the persons in contemporary western society as a whole don't bode well for our future as a civilization. Each time this rampant decay of morality has set forth it's course in civilizations past, it has been the underpinning reason for the fall and collapse of that civilization. We have not yet passed the tipping point, where our society can no longer be righted, but we are teetering dangerously close. The metaphor of a cancer is a very good one. It is a good time for prayer, and speaking up for tradition, the family, morality, right, and the principles of American freedom and justice. One of the last great modern ideals worth investing ourselves into.

May God bless and keep us all from further harm, as we continue to sort this whole business of society and civilization out.