The text from Douglans provided by Bill Ryan is quite clear in the first paragraph that follows:
The Game Found Out

Well, the first thing to do, is to make it quite
clear that the game has been found out (applause),
and the second thing and a most important thing, too,
is to realise that the interests of every single
individual lie jointly and together in obtaining a
proper reform of the monetary system. (Applause)
But how about some help interpreting the next one, which has obviously been distorted in transcription?
I hope you see what I mean by that individuals into
classes and to say for instance that this is a
movement of the down and outs, or something of that
sort, is a victory for the financial system. It is
not a case of that kind at all. The whole world is
threatened with overwhelming disaster within a very
measurable period of time... .

Same question re this next paragraph
So that if the matter is properly investigated, there
is every sound justification for going to anyone may
be one enemy, and that is not each other, but it is
the financial system. ...

Take One Trench at a Time

The third matter is this. Do not expect to proceed
other than by the methods which were laid down by the
finest strategist that the late war produced, General
Foch. General Foch's contribution to the victory of
the allied armies of the late war was the principle
of a limited objective "take one trench at a time." I
have shown you how to take the first trench. Go away
and take it.
OK, here we have it from Douglas that the first trench is to spread understanding that the financial system is the source of many, if not most social problems, and that it is operated for the benefit of a few rather than for the many.  This speech was delivered in 1934.  I recall having seen something here recently, posted probably by Victor, that late in his life Douglas made comments suggesting that the first trench is broader and deeper than he was hoping when he first identified it. 
 
In making arguments with socialists, which is the context of these recent exchanges, it seems useful to keep in mind that the difference between Marxian and Social Credit views is the emphasis of the latter on the financial system rather than on control of industrial processes.  If support for that view can come from credible sources other than card-carrying Socreds, the message is likely to carry more weight with socialists than if it is "just the biased opinion" of their sectarian rival.  That is why I asked Chick for the address of his correspondent, so that I could recommend the remarkable assembly and interpretation of evidence bearing on the dark side of finance provided in The Lost Science of Money by Stephen Zarlenga.  He will find out there from whom Douglas stole his ideas.
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