Common Sense: The Key to Saving Our Republic The rise of the Progressive Movement, which has taken hold under the Democratic banner, is one that not only finds both our country and its system of government lacking but is attempting to transform America from a Capitalistic nation, that has prospered for centuries, into a nation that is more dependent on government and less freedom oriented. In order to prevent the reimagining of America, we first must bring the Progressive Movement into the light and expose their beliefs for all to see. This is not the Democratic Party of John F. Kennedy or even Bill Clinton, for that matter. We can no longer remain the silent majority. We need to raise our voices for all to hear and stop the changing of America, once and for all, before this movement succeeds in altering our DNA from a nation founded on individual rights and freedoms into a nation of handouts and entitlements, depending on others to get by. When you remove our desire to succeed, you end up with a nation that no longer has the will to excel.