How do you change a country’s culture—change it from a capitalist system to a government controlled socialistic society. Here is the playbook, and so far, the socialists appear to be making a lot of progress.

Healthcare — Control healthcare and you control the people
Welfare — Take control of every aspect of their lives (Food, Housing, and Income).
Education — Take control of what people read and listen to — take control of what children learn in school.
Religion — Remove the belief in the God from the Government and schools
Class Warfare — Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. This will cause more discontent and it will be easier to take (Tax) the wealthy with the support of the poor.
Debt — Increase the debt to an unsustainable level.
Gun Control — Remove the ability for the people to defend themselves from the Government.
Poverty — Increase the poverty level as high as possible. Poor people are easier to control and will keep socialists in power if they are providing everything for them to live.

Many people believe the above eight steps to socialism were the work of Saul Alinsky. However, that doesn’t appear to be true. The source is anonymous. The nearest thing Alinsky produced was his list of “power tactics” outlined in his 1971 book Rules for Radicals. Regardless of the source, the list, in relation to current events, is rather frightening. Particularly when you consider that in Marxist theory, socialism is merely a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of communism.

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