In 1971, Saul Alinksy wrote his infamous Rules for Radicals manifesto, designed to teach radical leftists tactics “to change the world from what it is to what they believe it should be…for the Have-Nots on how to take it away.” Now, more than four decades later, the American Left is using these very rules in an attempt to transform America.
this series, we will take a look at each of Alinsky’s 12 rules to expose what the Left is really up to.
RULE 1: Power is not only what you have, but what an opponent thinks you have. If your organization is small, hide your numbers in the dark and raise a din that will make everyone think you have many more people than you do.
Saul Alinsky’s first rule deals with deception and intimidation. Rule one is designed to deceive your opponent into thinking your group is larger and more powerful than it actually is. The goal is to make your group look too large to attack, keeping your opponent on the defensive. There is also the added benefit of fooling allies as well as foes. People want to join bigger, more powerful groups and movements as opposed to weak ones with little to no influence.
With a complicit media, this rule is executed much more easily. Left-wing bullying means that there are no longer official crowd estimates, which makes it much easier to pass off media bias as fact. They are also able to choose images of a smaller, more crowded area, rather than an overall image. This will lead the viewer to believe the entire crowd was densely populated -they may even choose images that imply people are present, when in reality, they are not.
What about raising a din? Take a look at the Occupy movement, for instance. There is example after example after example of members causing problems at occupy events, which keep them in the news (except when the media would prefer to hush it up). It is a constant cycle: the news brings attention to the cause, which results in more people joining the movement, and so on.
So, when you hear reporting on how big a group is, dig deeper to make sure you are getting accurate information. We’re not falling for this Alinsky nonsense anymore.
