What you refer to is confusion based contradictory input. What Rahm refers to is refusal to accept reality when faced with unexpected or unacceptable outcomes.
But is the outcome unexpected outcome-driven cognitive dissonance or is it a planned Cloward and Piven strategy?
Looks a lot like C&P from my foxhole.
One thing I am not sure of. I need an answer. Do we have any proof anywhere where the results of Cloward-Piven actually produce a good result?
It is one thing to overwhelm the existing system, quite another to replace it with something acceptable to the masses.
Haevard style eggheads are good at theory but stink at proving a good result.
How about they are refusing to accept that they are failing because, according to their own intentions, they are succeeding admirably? Which is similar to saying the outcome is Cloward-Piven driven.