“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.
Alinsky is best known for his book "Rules for Radicals," published in 1971, which outlined his organizing principles and tactics.
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
1/5 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.
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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.