Cloward-Piven v. Friedman - Sowell

Friedman and Sowell v. Commies

CLOWARD-PIVEN STRATEGY

My eldest, and politically inquisitive son was perusing the invaluable  Discover the Networks and came across CLOWARD-PIVEN STRATEGY.    “ First proposed in 1966 and named after Columbia University sociologists Richard Andrew Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, the "Cloward-Piven Strategy" seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse.  ” Had I heard of it?  I thought so, but  hmmm. ( I wear a tee-shirt with my name, address, and phone number imprinted, front and back.   Gift from the family) Names rang bells ... yes! Voila ! “ (A thing of beauty) Milton Friedman gives his brilliant assessment of equality. Tom Sowell heatedly debates Frances Fox Piven of "Cloward-Piven Strategy" fame. The Cloward-Piven strategy: "First proposed in 1966 and named after Columbia University sociologists Richard Andrew Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, the "Cloward-Piven Strategy" seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse." [And, like Obama, apostles of Saul Alinsky.] ” Here's the Idea Channel where you can watch it all.  There's an ironical introduction by Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger, who subsequently forgot every thing he said.  Look at him now.