Rules for Radicals
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Rules for Radicals
Some of you may have heard of the Saul Alinsky book Rules for Radicals. Saul Alinsky was from a different time in this country. This book was written to help people organize grassroots groups to oppose government and corporations. There are specific rules that he's says to follow.
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Now imagine if some from within the government used these rules to assert thier beliefs on the entire country. I wonder what that would be like?
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RULE 1: "Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have."
RULE 2: "Never go outside the expertise of your people."
RULE 3: "Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy."
RULE 4: "Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules."
RULE 5: "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon."
RULE 6: "A good tactic is one your people enjoy."
RULE 7: "A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag."
RULE 8: "Keep the pressure on. Never let up."
RULE 9: "The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself."
RULE 10: "If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive."
RULE 11: "The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative."
RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
RULE 2: "Never go outside the expertise of your people."
RULE 3: "Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy."
RULE 4: "Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules."
RULE 5: "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon."
RULE 6: "A good tactic is one your people enjoy."
RULE 7: "A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag."
RULE 8: "Keep the pressure on. Never let up."
RULE 9: "The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself."
RULE 10: "If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive."
RULE 11: "The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative."
RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
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I think the liberal mainstream media has used these rules as weapons against Conservatism and Repulbicans for years, and many in the Democratic Party act like disciples of Alinsky.
BTW, I've heard it said many times that Hillary wrote her senior thesis on Alinsky. But we may never know for sure, as she refuses to release it.
BTW, I've heard it said many times that Hillary wrote her senior thesis on Alinsky. But we may never know for sure, as she refuses to release it.
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I think the liberal mainstream media has used these rules as weapons against Conservatism and Repulbicans for years, and many in the Democratic Party act like disciples of Alinsky.
BTW, I've heard it said many times that Hillary wrote her senior thesis on Alinsky. But we may never know for sure, as she refuses to release it.
BTW, I've heard it said many times that Hillary wrote her senior thesis on Alinsky. But we may never know for sure, as she refuses to release it.
RULE 9: "The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself."
