Radicals of the past become the establishment of tomorrow. Revolutions of the past (ie civil rights) lionized constantly by the media while those of the present are vilified
although he frequently quotes some pretty cringe people, being a leftist and all, there is a lot of useful stuff in here too
Alinsky explains why conservatives who operate in the leftist moral framework are fools. The moral framework is designed to uphold the status quo. Instead, they have to answer to a high power and affirm a traditional moral framework
The virgin “what if the roles were reversed” versus the chad Indian government outlawing passive resistance
ie a mass movement based around ending vax tyranny or even angry parents at a school board meeting, once mobilised can achieve all sorts of other ends we like.
“A people organized around [any issue] is an organized people on the move!”
You can tell this guy knows what he’s talking about because his predictions came true just a little bit later
Many people accuse Trump (and others) of having an “ego.” They don’t realize that this is, to a certain degree, necessary for victory
Probably everyone here knows this but this stuff is really important for the normie who thought Trump was too mean and “just wants everyone to get along and heal duh division”
You need to join your local gop, even if a lot of them are gonna be cringe. Organize around literally any issue and you have an organization
The Left learned all of these things long ago, when Alinsky was writing them, and they are not things that are exclusive to the Left, so we need to learn from them
Do not be an “enlightened centrist.” Be as zealous as a triggered libtard
It seems that trolls accidentally and spontaneously adhered to these principles in 2016, so I believe there is something to them. The question is if and how this can be recreated. Apparently Alinsky was able to consciously do so. Or perhaps he was simply riding the wave of his own generation of spontaneously generated shitposters
This rule is very interesting. We see it a lot in action in the Biden administration and in the managerial class in general. It is their equivalent to being anon
Reading this text is also great for understanding the behavior of the Left that at first might seem “crazy” or “contradictory.” It doesn’t have to make sense, it just has to work
This is the reason why Dick’s biggest problem of “political canonization” exists
@justanothertoxicmale is this rules for radicals or another book by alinksy
@MasterSimper rules for radicals
@justanothertoxicmale it is funny though
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