Thursday, November 1, 2012

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm is the master of division

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm is the master of division:


Rahm is the master of division

There is no surer way of corrupting the citizens, and to divide the city against itself, than to foment the spirit of faction that may prevail there; for each party will strive by every means of corruption to secure friends and supporters. -- Niccoló Machiavelli, The Discourses. 1517.
Rahm is the master of division. No, I don't mean he could ever teach an elementary level math class. He wouldn't last a day. I mean that everything he does in a school system that he personally rules seems designed to divide