The 'Cloward-Piven Strategy' . . . .

[Nefarious Banana]

The 'Cloward-Piven Strategy' . . . . from 1966, a strategy to overload the welfare system to cause a political crisis. Developed by a pair of American sociologists, Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, to create crisis and disruption in the social fabric of government leading to collapse . . . 

Is this 'strategy' or parts of, being implemented on governments now?

 

[Nationalist]

Yes...and its sickening to watch.

[eyeball]

This sounds as silly as the Republican Starve the Beast strategy.

 

[herbie]

and 'trickle down theory'......

[TreeBeard]

On 4/30/2025 at 8:24 AM, Nefarious Banana said:

Is this 'strategy' or parts of, being implemented on governments now?

By whom?  Where?  In USA? 

[gatomontes99]

On 6/26/2025 at 9:09 PM, herbie said:

and 'trickle down theory'......

Doesn't exist.

May as well the tax unicorns theory.

[Nationalist]

On 7/15/2025 at 6:35 PM, gatomontes99 said:

Doesn't exist.

May as well the tax unicorns theory.

No?

When was welfare expanded?

When was the gold standard dropped and why?

Welfare creates a massive drain on government funds. To accommodate the constant expansion, the gold standard had to be dropped.

The result...ghettos and ghetto mentality. Public anger and mistrust of government. The eventual revolt by society to "rethink" itself. Thus resulting in social conflict and a spiral to the drain.

And of course, a debt that can never be repaid.

Edited October 5, 2025 by Nationalist

[gatomontes99]

5 hours ago, Nationalist said:

No?

When was welfare expanded?

When was the gold standard dropped and why?

Welfare creates a massive drain on government funds. To accommodate the constant expansion, the gold standard had to be dropped.

The result...ghettos and ghetto mentality. Public anger and mistrust of government. The eventual revolt by society to "rethink" itself. Thus resulting in social conflict and a spiral to the drain.

And of course, a debt that can never be repaid.

Why are you asking about welfare and gold standard? Those have nothing to do with what the left calls trickle down. Trickle down is the mocking description of supply side economics.

[Nationalist]

12 hours ago, gatomontes99 said:

Why are you asking about welfare and gold standard? Those have nothing to do with what the left calls trickle down. Trickle down is the mocking description of supply side economics.

Actually...I was addressing to OP.

Didn't mean to derail your conversation. 

Sorry.