Our family has one or two progressives in it. They literally are not invited as they are the least educated members of the family.
We do invite them over for Fourth of July celebrations though.
140-year-olds tend not to travel well.
I think you are either being disingenuous, or playing possum. There are modern day politicians and movements that have taken on the mantel of, the "progressive." Oddly, they are now associated with the term, Democratic-Socialist, as if that label has any meaning either. It is just, a label that means more support for
dirgisme, which is in essence, the type of economic policies that fascist regimes support, with out all the nationalism and war.
Progressive DO exist today. The American Values Project is much like the Tea Party, only for social and environmental justice.
American Values Project | Welcome to Progressive Values
Progressive Thinking | Progressivism | Liberty
What you said about the difference between "liberals" and "conservatives" at the founding however, was spot on. The only conservatives upon the founding were loyalists. They all went to Canada.
If we are going to compare modern parties to the founding fathers, since ALL founding fathers were liberal, the main divide was between federalists and anti-federalists.
That divide still exists.
The DNC are not only strong federalists, they are so strong, they are fully on board with Agenda 2030.
The GOP? Not so much. Definitely not the Freedom Caucus. It is pretty safe to assume, Jefferson would be part of the Freedom Caucus, as he was a strong Anti-Federalist. Hell, that is the whole point of that Hamilton Musical, more Federalist Propaganda.