In a sense, the New Deal was progressive. Our Nation, along with most, tend to become conservative with the passage of time. If you ask me, one of the main reasons is that Old Wealth wants to stay current. And opposition to the New Deal ? Some is fair and well-founded ; some is just the bellow of ' John Birchers " weeping over ' my capital.'
There were many changes, some good and some not so good.The biggest positive change was the replacement of French feudal laws with the Napoleonic Code - a modern, simplified code of law that laid the foundation for much of modern European law.