We must face the bitter fact that we have forsaken our great dream of a life of, for, … - Saul Alinsky

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The mind is reluctant to embrace deep change, and will play devious games to maintain the status quo.

Saul Alinsky

We must face the bitter fact that we have forsaken our great dream of a life of, for, and by the people; that the burning passions and ideals of the American dream lie congealed by cold cynicism. Great parts of the masses of our people no longer believe that they have a voice or a hand in shaping the destiny of this nation. They have not forsaken democracy because of any desire or positive action of their own; they have been driven down into the depths of a great despair born of frustration, hopelessness, and apathy. A democracy lacking in popular participation dies of paralysis.

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The despair is there; now it's up to us to go in and rub raw the sores of discontent, galvanize them for radical social change.

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They have the guns and therefore we are for peace and for reformation through the ballot. When we have the guns then it will be through the bullet.

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Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. (This is cruel, but very effective. Direct, personalized criticism and ridicule works. )

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