I am not a progressive, as anyone who read my first comment (where the tone was combative, and I apologize for that) has likely realized. I do however, appreciate political diversity and ideas. Unfortunately, I have found the content of this handbook to be nearly indecipherable due to incessant and unnecessary linguistic clutter, and that which is coherent is so vague it is often completely meaningless. Specificity and conciseness are the hallmarks of well formulated ideas, which this handbook is sorely lacking. I have read nearly all of it, and have seen a utopian future described and ascribed to progressive philosophy, contrasted with a dystopian one ascribed to conservative philosophy, yet not one iota of proof is given. Social media is gushed about in an unseemly fashion as being the tool with which to break the back of unjust authority, yet no mention is made of it's potential as a system of monitoring and control. Emotions are crowned as the basis of reason and control of emotions through reason is dismissed as outdated, but no thought is given to the dangers and damage inherent in training people to act exclusively upon emotional motivations. And the pattern continues, but this comment is already too long. The main mistake is attempting to rebuild a government, economy, and society from philosophy rather than practicalities. This has been done many times before, and it ends badly every single time.