The Cloward-Piven Strategy
If you don’t know about the Cloward-Piven Strategy, it’s time to learn
From the Brave Summarizer:
“The Cloward-Piven strategy is a political plan outlined in 1966 by sociologists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, both professors at Columbia University School of Social Work. The strategy aims to implement monumental changes in America by abusing the nation to the point of destruction. The primary objective of the strategy is to create chaos with the hopes of destroying America's capitalist economy and replacing it with a socialist system that includes guaranteed incomes. Cloward and Piven recommended a massive drive to recruit the poor onto the welfare rolls. The left has largely adopted the strategy and assisted in its materialization.”
Sources: Wikipedia and AMAC
When this “strategy” was first proposed, it seemed IMPOSSIBLE that it could be implemented in the most successful, prosperous nation the world has ever seen. Now, in 2023, with an illegitimate and lawless administration running the Federal Government, this assault is nearing fruition.
The open border policies of Democrat administrations under Obama and Biden, PLUS the “test” of government payments for non-work during the COVID hysteria shows how close we are to the destruction of our government, our society and our freedom. Understanding that the implementation of this “strategy” was a PLAN, and not an accident or the result of incompetence and poor judgment is CRUCIAL to putting the brakes on the advancement of this destructive ideology.
See for yourself. Do a quick internet search for Cloward-Piven Strategy and read a few articles and see which organizations are promoting this idea. Read the original “plan” outlined in their 1966 essay, “The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty.”
Their ideas are clearly based in socialism and its faulty presumptions. “If this strategy were implemented, a political crisis would result that could lead to legislation for a guaranteed annual income and thus an end to poverty.” https://www.commondreams.org/news/2010/03/24/weight-poor-strategy-end-poverty 2010 reprint of “The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty”).
Their “strategy” intentionally contained a purpose to destroy our social and government structure. “In order to generate a crisis, the poor must obtain benefits which they have forfeited.” (https://www.commondreams.org/news/2010/03/24/weight-poor-strategy-end-poverty, 2010 reprint of “The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty”).
Books could be written attacking the foundational “principles” of Marxism and Socialism. But, the point here is not a comparative study of economic and social philosophy. The point is to understand what is actually happening now, and that honest, patriotic, hard working Americans MUST take action against the forces that would destroy our freedom, our society and our Nation.
The Left (Democrats) ARE active. They ARE forcing change. From a 2020 interview, Francis Fox Piven states, “For instance, in the service sector, or what we now call the caring sector, there have been incredibly successful mobilizations among teachers, nurses, and retail workers. These are people who do things that everyone can see and appreciate. There is no mystery about whether we need them. To the extent that we think of labor as a force for change, we ought to be thinking about care workers and what they can do.” (SOURCE: https://www.phenomenalworld.org/interviews/frances-fox-piven/). Our side MUST respond.
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