The Jewish Lobby, Revisited

Satmar may not be overly exercised by zionism, but they are plenty exercised by the split in their leadership and the never-ending scandal about their mohelim.

Philip Weiss wrote "I hope Walt and Mearsheimer write about [Neturei Karta]."

I personally don't think it is that useful. I find that Neturei Karta is so fringe and controversial that bringing them up as a serious consideration is counter-productive. The answer to problematic mainstream positions isn't to take or give as example the most possible extreme counter-position, but rather to advocate reasonable change to a more sensible but still mainstream-able position (something that the mainstream can "assimilate" in the Piaget-ian sense) -- otherwise it is like flooring the gas pedal when on a patch of ice, you are not going to get any traction, you're just going to spend a lot of energy spinning your wheels.

The seeds for major change have to be planted far in advance to that change happening. The growth of such seeds of major change have to be managed with care and foresight. One has to have a clear and appealing vision of where one is going, who are the various key stakeholders and what are their values. One has to plan on how to affect their positions by appealing to their values and world views. The best way to affect change is to focus on constructing and propagating a world view in which your vision can be seen as the inevitable result. It takes real planing and lots of thought, but it is possible. It is more an endeavor in marketing, long-term strategy and brutal realism.