Saturday, October 24, 2015
More Alinsky prequels
Speaking of early versions of Alinsky principles....
This episode of Strange as it Seems depicts an organization overloaded and bankrupted by too much of a good thing. In 1929 a will gave a large trust fund to the Humane Society, requiring them to furnish horse troughs for any city that wanted one. The HS was massively overburdened by the demand, and had to spend far more money than the will provided. Gotcha. (Segment starts at 9:00 in the clip.)
Reality appears to have been less dramatic. George Bills had been active in the HS, and his trust fund was nicely prearranged, no surprise or burden. One of Bills's relatives made money by building and shipping the troughs.
The Strange version is more inspiring and evocative. Basically a legally enforced DDOS.
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