<p>The now-infamous “Cloward-Piven Strategy” outlined by Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven in 1966 proposed a clear roadmap to socialism: get so many people addicted to government entitlements that the economic system collapses, and in the resulting chaos the populace will demand and vote for a new economic system in which everyone is supported by the state. Sounds logical (if nefarious), and President Obama seems hell-bent on bringing it to fruition in the United States. The problem for Obama’s inner socialist is that he’s also required for appearance’s sake to attempt a rescue of the American economy using Keynesian principles. This self-cancelling combo-strategy is the underlying cause of our economic stagnation, as outlined in <a href="http://pjmedia.com/zombie/2010/08/16/the-obama-piven-strategy/?singlepage=true">“The Obama-Piven Strategy,”</a> an earlier PJM post I made last year that made some waves. What I noted back then remains true:</p>
<p>I propose that President Obama is simultaneously trying to rescue the economy using the Keynesian/Democratic model while at the same time also trying to destroy the economy through the Cloward-Piven Strategy. His two mutually contradictory plans cancel each other out, rendering all his efforts self-negating, and this explains why the American economy has stalled.</p>
<p>I dub this the Obama-Piven Strategy. And it’s the reason why we remain mired in a deep recession. We are neither recovering, as the Keynesian model predicts, nor is capitalism collapsing, as the revolutionaries hope; the Obama-Piven strategy ensures that we remain in suspended animation between the two extremes.</p>
<p><a href="http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/05/06/cloward-piven-strategy-working-perfectly-in-europe/?singlepage=true">Continue post on PJMedia &gt;&gt;&gt;</a></p>
<p>Related:  <a href="http://www.letsrebuildit.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=357:obamas-agenda-overwhelm-the-system&amp;catid=74:commentary&amp;Itemid=94">Obama's Agenda: Overwhelm the System</a></p>