The Target

Rules for Radicals Number 13:

  ‘Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.’

the opposition must be singled out as the target and “frozen.”…in a complex, interrelated, urban society, it becomes increasingly difficult to single out who is to blame for any particular evil. There is a constant…passing of the buck. …Obviously there is no point to tactics unless one has a target upon which to center the attacks… If an organization permits responsibility to be diffused and distributed in a number of areas, attack becomes impossible. 

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  1. “If an organization permits responsibility to be diffused and distributed in a number of areas, attack becomes impossible. ”

    This is the same argument I make about decentralization. It is why guerrilla armies are so difficult to defeat. It’s easy to take out 1000 people in a confined area. It’s entirely different if they’re spread out over dozens of square miles.

    It’s also difficult to defeat a well-armed guerrilla army with hungry soldiers.

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