Alinsky’s fifth rule of power tactic; Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. An intended action or statement to cause a shriek towards someone else- ridicule. Today, Republican and Democrat race for presidency, parties have the obligation to win over votes through the media press. With the recent elections, party candidates release campaign ads of recitations of faulty information or manipulated facts to demode other party to make themselves look better. It is much easier for someone to state false information to a room full of ten people than for the victim to try and reason the information …show more content…
For example the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan can be self-explanatory itself. When troops were first initially being sent overseas there was adequate amount of support through media and communities. Now, thirteen years later communities are wondering why troops have yet been pulled. There is no clear evidence why soldiers have their life on the line still. At what point is enough for this seemingly never ending war. This is an important tactic was not intended but without a continuous press revealance issue fueled opposition by opposers of war. The war in Afghanistan is just as important today as it was five or ten years ago, and the meaning of ones life on line does not decrease because it was not intentional intended to last this