“Authoritarianism is the ultimate end of progressivism. The very foundations of a progressive worldview, built from a warped and twisted view of human nature (that it is somehow ultimately good, rather than deeply flawed), is a belief in the ultimate rightness of an all-powerful administrative state filled with a so-called educated elite. Power must be consolidated into the state. Decisions for the advancement of society should be left to the smartest-of-the-smart elite who, through their great knowledge and moral perfection, will advance human progress to a state of nirvana or utopia here on earth. Only through the state will progress be made. The American taxpayer is an ATM for the administrative state and its ruling class, nothing more. Taxes will be paid, on threat of force, to fund the state and its priorities. Anything more than that will not be tolerated. You will not question your betters and if you do, you’ll be crushed.”
Almost right. Totalitarianism is the “ultimate end” of progressivism.