CLOWARD PIVEN:
1. Overload a system
2. Create mass panic and hysteria as the system is overloaded
3. Oversee the destruction of the system
4. Replace the former system with a new system (WE ARE HERE)
The Cloward-Piven Strategy of solving political problems can be compared to a forest fire.
Although these fires result in widespread destruction, eventually a forest is regrown with young trees
that are stronger than the old ones had been. Another comparison that may help illustrate the
benefits of the Cloward-Piven Strategy is a ''scorched earth'' campaign. In this war strategy, leaders
destroy everything they own in a given location, not just military installments or resources. The
general idea is that without economic support, the enemy military will not be able to take advantage
of their resources. Thus, the opposing army will survive because their enemies lack the ability to
accumulate resources.