Cloward and Piven were aiming for collapse, not sustainment.
I prefer to believe Jesus over Cloward and Piven.
Cloward-Piven is a dated philosophy. It may have made sense for leftists 50 years ago, when they had not fully rotted out America's culture and controlled its government. Leftists and their cronies are now fully in control of America, its media, its education, its government have coopted most large industries They now have everything to lose by a debt and currency collapse. Their massive nanny state and many leftist social engineering schemes will die immediately.
I say - bring on "Cloward-Piven"