The Cloward-Piven strategy and its implications for criminal justice

The Cloward-Piven strategy was conceived in 1966 by communist sociologists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven. Both Cloward and Piven were employed by Columbia University (Obama’s alma mater) as professors at that time. The original Cloward-Piven strategy aimed to overload the welfare system, leading to its collapse and a systematic change that could then be implemented: the introduction of universal basic income. Today, we can see this strategy being played out on a national, regional, and local level through mass illegal immigration, fraud, and other means. The core principle of...