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Originally Posted by Guest
You are right. Saul did not like organized government. Anarchist is just a person who does not believe in organized government and it can work only at a local level. He knew that.
Idolize him is too strong a word. Amazing friend is more like it. I was only 24 when he passed away but he taught me many things about life.
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Thanks for the input. It is really great.
But you understand that our current folks who are strong believers of his are using the same tactics on a national and in some cases, international level. That is scary.
I have never said a bad word about the man, except his relationship with our administration has always concerned me. What is happening within the black/white in our country is what he would want LOCALLY as you said, but he wanted the hate, the strict black/white lines...he wanted confrontation in order to get what he wanted or the group wanted.
"Amorality is fundamental to Alinsky and to his followers; an ideology that justifies the abandonment of morality and ethics is attractive to many – to the detriment of us all.
"Integrity! What ****." (Alinsky interview)
In fairness to Alinsky, the above was said relating to a specific local situation, but the dismissal of integrity is illustrative. Alinsky saw the march of history as driven by revolution; without revolution there is stagnation (lack of development of humanity in his view). It is stunning to see someone dedicated to destruction and deconstruction so self-convinced that he is an agent of human necessity and development; "
I am making no claims about the breakdown in morality that is happening because that is not fair at all, but he would like all the unsettled situation and the riots, etc.