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“Once in a while you get shown the light, In the strangest of places if you look at it right.” -Robert Hunter
May 23, 2023 26 tweets 4 min read
A thread about Saul Alinsky
Saul Alinsky played a significant role in American politics as a community organizer, writer, and activist. His ideas and organizing strategies had a lasting impact on grassroots movements and community-based activism, particularly in the 20th century. Image Alinsky is best known for his book "Rules for Radicals," published in 1971, which outlined his organizing principles and tactics. Image
May 22, 2023 11 tweets 2 min read
Last week @RealJamesWoods explained that the Cloward-Piven strategy was being used to overwhelm the immigration system. So I decided to write a thread to explain the strategy and share how sociology is used to reshape America.

The Cloward-Piven strategy, proposed by Richard... Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, suggests overloading the welfare system to create a crisis that would ultimately lead to social change. While the strategy was not specifically intended for immigration, let's explore a scenario where it is applied to the immigration problem:
May 28, 2022 5 tweets 1 min read
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Here’s a history of what happens after governments have disarmed their citizens:
1911 – Turkey disarmed it’s citizens, and between 1915 – 1917 they murdered 1.5 million Armenians.
1929 – Russia disarmed it’s citizens, and between 1929 – 1953 they murdered 20 million Russians. 2/5

1935 – China disarmed it’s citizens, and between 1948 – 1952 they murdered 20 million Chinese.
1938 – Germany disarmed it’s citizens, and between 1939 – 1945 they murdered 16 million Jews.