Rules for Radicals Defeated: A Practical Guide for Defeating Obama / Alinsky Tactics

by Jeff Hedgpeth

Alternatively, would we rather place our trust in the likes of Marx, Engels, and Alinsky who believed that it was the responsibility of society to make certain that all men share equally in the fruits of the labor, even if they do not participate in the labor itself?

It is no wonder that Alinsky offers homage to Lucifer in the dedication of Rules for Radicals, for like Lucifer, he seeks to destroy the unsuspecting with both explicit evil, as well as by “transforming himself into an angel of light”.

As with many of his rules of the ethics of means and ends, Alinsky equates the need for political change in America to much more dire circumstances in history. Hitler and the American Revolution are examples of boiling points in world history. It is absurd to think that one should use such extreme tactics in situations that clearly do not warrant it.

To the Alinskyite, it is victory at any cost and by any means necessary. To the rest of us, victory is our goal, but the way we achieve that victory is important as well. They may believe the ends justify the means, but we must be better than that. We must work harder, and find ways to beat them at their own game without losing our souls in the process.

Remember that the Alinsky model is intended to tear down, not to build up.

The first step in community organization is community disorganization.