Rules For Radicals

Every radlib on my campus who tries to sign me up to vote has read this book. Why would I waste my time reading something that attracts shitheads like that.

You should at least read the section entitled tactics, it certainly worked well for Alinsky

Why? It's a waste of time and energy. Since we're at a low point, we should be building power again, not jerking off like Alinsky wants us to.

Oh yeah, I guess we're all enjoying the fruits of his genius now, right?

Alinsky failed at basically everything though. Why should I care about his ideas?

No, you are missing the point entirely. The end result of organizing in view of an enemy instead of organizing to build connections is utter failure. Alinsky was criticized while he was alive for going into small communities founded on cooperation and trying to force an antagonistic spirit into them when they had no real enemies. They essentially started up in-fighting because Alinsky's narrow view didn't account for different opinions within communities. It's the double insult of assuming you know better than the people do and because of this, you want to ruin their harmony. If you don't care about getting the people to care about each other, you are no better than a liberal.

Indeed, why should you - if I recall, the last thread about this pretty immediately determined that Saul and friends were new left-lite social liberals. By "determined" I mean, it was self-evident then - I don't honestly understand the amount of earnest replies here, this is a joke.

Damn no wonder Hillary liked him so much.

The 1970s was when the North American left died so that's not necessarily a good thing.

I'd suggest you look into Obama's campaign, and take some time to read the book.