It's just a hunch but I think you're right.
In the Rathke interview he all but gave outright confessions of starting ACORN under false pretenses. He said he proposed his agenda to the ACORN forerunner but they told him no but allowed him to work for them. Rathke then said that he failed miserably at their agenda but did manage to advance his own.
At the end of the interview, Rathke made a comment about being lucky there were so many poor people in the world. It left me with the impression that the poor people mean nothing to him but are a useful vehicle for the agenda.
I just have a gut feeling that the marxists are at a vital junction and they can either succeed or it can all blow up in their faces.