By 1918 Progressivism was nearly dead and reform talk had vanished

Evidence

The mood of the country, so optimistic when Moses had entered public life five years before, was one of pessimism and disillusionment. As clouds of discord blotted over hopes for an honorable and lasting peace, sunlight ceased to gleam on old illusions and enthusiasms. The star of the man whom Moses had idolized on the national level as he had idolized Mitchel on the local—highly educated university man Woodrow Wilson—was waning. Progressivism was all but dead. There was little talk of reform. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 384

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: World War I’s disillusionment killed progressivism’s reform mood; The collapse of class parties after WWI opened the way for totalitarian movements — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 653; New conspiracism is antiparty, not “just fix it” pragmatism or reform-minded Progressivism — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 219

Broader Connections

• World War I’s disillusionment killed progressivism’s reform mood #corroborates (0.90)
• The collapse of class parties after WWI opened the way for totalitarian movements #expands (0.75) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 653
• New conspiracism is antiparty, not “just fix it” pragmatism or reform-minded Progressivism #corroborates (0.70) — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 219