We may be, yes, a bunch of Fat Folks with Guns but at least we're entertaining. Canada could not have gotten a better draw of country to be next to, for entertainment value. At least as far as the Republican Side of this election goes. Democratic Side is just downright Frightening, with all the sins of The Clintons.
On Saul Alinsky....but to get Doctor Ben out the way first.....The Good Doctor surely knows he is taking the Alinsky reference to Lucifer WAY out of Context. No way The Doc does not fully know this
but he is the complete OPPOSITE of UN-Clever in saying what He did.
I make fun of it just cuz I'm Bored to a point that is way past tears with these all the various Gods of the people of Earth. People talking "The Lord wants..." "Allah" etc....then The Good Doc pops up spilling Lucifer onto the canvas.
I said The Doc was IMO actually Fairly SHARP in doing it bcuz The Verdict On Saul Alinsky boils down, simply, to what one's Philosophy is and what their level of comprehension of the written word is and their ability to digest words then convert those into Grasping what Alinsky was attempting to Communicate, to Accomplish, via his writings.
The Vast majority will not even take the time to investigate Alinsky, of those few that do a huge portion of those will feel satisfied that they know all they need to after just a cursory glance at Alinsky's Principle Teachings, the Main Suggestions that Alinsky left behind after he died in 1972.
Only about 17 out of every 100 Americans will ever know anything really about Saul Alinsky bcuz the remaining 83 of that 100 will either not investigate him at all or get immediately turned off by concluding that Alinsky's Message is not relevant to their Lives, that someone else will handle the Heavy Lifting where solving The Ills of American Society are concerned and/or they will feel that Alinsky's Teachings are Too Radical, too "Far Out" and finally....some portion of those 83 that never grasp Alinsky will wind up there cuz they simply cannot comprehend what the hell is is trying to say. And why it that is so desperately important to USA at this particular point in history when we face challenges just like Alinksy Addressed many many years ago....in his writings.
While He was a Visionary where regards Organizing, Identifying phenomena that take place to create a Problem or Crisis that then needs to be battled and suggestions on how to Organize and actually do that Battle Alinsky's writing about stuff we happen to face these so many years later
was not "Visionary" in itself bcuz Mankind always faces the same basic Foe(s). Over and Over again, literally like a Carousel Ride, the same Horses and Riders Good And Evil Black and White coming around continuously ongoingly and for pretty much always for the entire time that we have been on this planet in any number that exceeded 100 people so.....Forever.
Same Shit, Different Day.
I'll Plagiarize Alinsky himself and whoever else I come across to cloak a conclusion on Alinsky is as much Bless'd Simplicity as possible:
1.) Alinsky was a Genius. A very very rare level of Intelligence, Vision was given to Alinsky.
2.) As result of 1.) above Alinsky pushed the HELL out of any and all envelopes that would present themselves to him. The Lucifer thing was not a "Credit" to Lucifer, Doc Ben makes it sound like Alinsky dedicated his 1971 book, "Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals." to Beelzebub but he actually dedicated it, CREDITED IT, in a manner of speaking,,,,as Dr. Ben spoke...so as to pull off a little Verbal Sleight Of Hand......
Alinsky actually credited his book to his wife Irene.
Not Lucifer.
Alinksy mentioned Lucifer in the light of being a Great Organizer and accomplishing a Lofty Goal: Getting His Own Kingdom.
Alinsky mentions Lucifer in a BIT of a "Tounge-In-Cheek" manner, a good component of attempt at Humor therein, also a very good portion of EGO therein also bcuz Alinsky fully knew what he was "working with", where regards the visions that came to him on what he needed to Communicate about Organizing against Tyranny....Oppression....Wrong.....you know, that type of stuff that Mankind has Battled forever and that is inherent to Physical Existence.
Alinsky MAY have lived long enough to ask the question BENEATH everything: "
IS Struggle against Tyrants an inescapable part of the Journey through this Dimension that each one of us is on?"
I don't know if he asked that or not (
think he should have....opened this Pandora's Box, if he did not) bcuz allowing myself to get overly influenced by the teachings of others is a pointless waste of time as...if earnest uprising happens in USA and there is a need to apply the wisdom of Alinsky my role won't be to Lead or even Teach but just to make a couple full length (fictional, mostly) Films to illustrate some stuff and to knock Tarentino off the Throne of Movie Soundtrack King, Devastate Him in that regard, seize his crown and dangle it above his head while laughing at him....that crown forever out of his reach. As long as I am alive and of sound mind at least but in all likelihood I won't live long enough to see earnest Revolution find it's way to USA anyways so me being an expert on Alinsky's very wise teachings is not important or even worthwhile. For me Personally,
.....for others? Totally Opposite Story.
And, actually, the Buddha stuff above was put there not to illuminate any thing in particular but rather to Deliver in Advance an answer to the question of whether Alinsky
should have posed the question for discussion: "
IS Struggle (against Tyrants or what have you) an inherent part of Physical Existence" as a definitive answer to this question is, at least debatably, important to any Overall Pursuit of overcoming certain challenges that Alinsky speaks of over coming, battles that he suggests waging....
....the Buddhist thing there to propose the question of whether Alinsky knew the answer to that question was already out there so why bother opening the Black Hole for a massive time consuming detour into that Philosophical Rabbit Hole.
So if he did not ask that question.....maybe thats why.
If he did ask it then he's even more impressive as he offered up for discussion not just Surface Physical things that might be done and Philosophical Proposals but he went deep about as deep as one can go where regards overcoming Suffering....he sought to have us gain an understanding of what Suffering itSELF is, what are its most deep causes which I am sure he explore in, again a "SURFACE" level i.e. advising the strict identification of what lies at the root of The Present Suffering that is desired to be overcome.
The "Ego" part of Alinsky's reference to Lucifer (
again....just my opinion and if EGO contrbuted this was a SMALL part of his motivation to include the reference to Lucifer) was by casting Lucifer in the light of being the Greatest Organizer Ever...Alinsky could accomplish allusion to
Alinsky HIMSELF in fact being that which some people would fully realize after reading his work.
"Subliminal" bit of fun (
humor) from Alinsky here, with the Lucifer Reference.....and any "Credit" was merely Alinsky expressing that..."Hey....Satan was a Damn Good and Extremely Successful Organizer"
which is true
The Good Doctor Ben fully KNEW he was stretching the GRAVITY & SERIOUSNESS to use Alinsky's Lucifer Reference as a bridge to diss Hillary.
I applaud it TOTALLY though, It was EXTREMELY CLEVER bcuz he will totally get away with it, no media will explain the context, the "nuance" of Alinsky's Reference, basically no one will investigate Alinsky and thus uncover the Fudge and of those few that do investigate Alinsky they are either not going to care too much for Alinsky's Teachings or they will be so impressed by them that they will spend ZERO TIME backtracking to call The Good Doctor out bcuz having had their eyes opened, via the Teachings of Alinsky, some very very few will realize that they now have vastly more important usages for their time than calling some NeuroSurgeon Dude out for a bit of creative bibble-bobble.
The Good Doc got a bit "Radical" in that moment......in essence what the DOC DID was a Plagiarization of an Alinsky-Inspired Technique when delivering a Speech.....
....and this on the heels of The Melania Plagarization Debacle.
Its FABULOUSLY HILARIOUS bcuz the whole world that is watching believes that The Good in fact
GREAT Doctor went "off The Rails" there when the exact Opposite is True.
The Doc knew exactly what he was doing.
A magnificent means of attack that would be able to communicate the CORE of the Grand
(Olde) Party via the language they most Undertsand. Devil. Evil.
You Must Stand With The Righteous In This battle.....
you know this
Your Whole Spiritual Existence leads you to accept The Call that this moment cries out with.
"You Must Stand Up. Against Lucifer."
"You Should Vote for Trump"
I have no doubt whatsoever that The Entire Trump campaign and at least 70% of people that saw it think, based on The Doc's Speech, that he went off script then stumbled bumbled spontaneously spewing WTF but no.....
what we saw was among, if not
THE most
Masterful shit ever done in that setting, delivering a speech to accomplish a goal at a Political Convention.
Considering
how little time The Doc got it done in and the fact that literally only a tiny handful of humans would have had the knowledge of Human Psychology + Alinsky + Art of War-type Strategical Brain the deep deep Spiritual CALLING to even TRY what the Doc pulled off .....it is actually by far and away the most Masterful Ever.
The burning arrow he fired into the souls of the Faithful, the Demographic that it was his goal
to communicate with, might cause a larger fire that leads to a lot more votes for Trump.
Thats, in fact, the most probable outcome cuz the Battle between Good and Evil + the elevation
within the scriptures of those who waged this same battle in the past.....these are two of the
most CENTRAL THEMES to The Faithful's Existence.
These are the Central Drumbeats that they march to.
Doc Ben most likely succeeded in delivering to Trump some votes. Doc Ben almost certainly
made Not Voting no longer an option for many faithful who were planning to do that.
Because they MUST Stand Up Against.....
Lucifer.
They must.
Who the heck is John Galt?