Deep Dive Dispatch

Rules for Radicals Explained: How Outrage Took Over the Internet

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Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals was written for organizers on the ground in 1971, but its tactics of ridicule, polarization, and intentional conflict now shape the outrage-driven internet you scroll every day. In this deep dive, we take the engine of political conflict apart so you can see how it works, no matter who is turning the key.

Most of us were raised to be polite, seek compromise,…