Former presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani got a big laugh when he mocked community organizers. But it's not a trivial point. Republicans dislike community organizers because they reject the idea of collective solutions. If you need a park, get a backyard. if you need a job, get it yourself, or, more accurately, from your family and social connections.
Giuliani's distaste for community organizers is less political and more visceral. Community organizers try to help people without power, and themselves have little power. Giuliani's style is to mock the powerless and his belief is that he knows what's best so input from unelected types (or even lesser elected officials is entirely unwelcome.
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