I’m thinking it would be worth while to brainstorm as a group & develop some good, thought-provoking bumper stickers.
I’ve never had bumper stickers on my vehicles, though I certainly get a kick out of reading what other people put on their cars. My personal reservation is that I don’t want to endorse some idea that turns out to be too temporary or uselessly controversial.
Persuading People
I’m constantly amazed at how many people prefer to bury their head in the sand rather than think about important issues. But when it comes to persuading people, I generally believe in the theory of multiple exposures. Even if we make our case very well, very respectfully, and with flawless logic, people generally won’t change their opinion on the spot. They need time to think it over. But another interesting aspect is that they’re easily distracted and will discontinue pondering such issues unless constantly served with reminders. This is one useful function of bumper stickers.
A few ideas to start with:
D.C. owns the States? or is it vice-versa?
The Fed exists to steal your money.
Which amendments are unconstitutional?
Why was the constitution written?
What purpose does the constitution serve?
General guidelines I think make sense:
Get people to think… maybe even research & learn.
Questions are probably best
Can’t be an instant turnoff for people who have been conditioned to disagree with my political views
Be easy to read
Not too many characters
Large font
Does anyone else have any good ideas, either new ideas, or midifications on the ideas above?
We want people to just know that this position exists, right? They certainly wouldn’t hear about it in school or in the media. So how about just “MISES.ORG” or “AUSTRIAN”. As large as possible.
LaVey? That’s goofy, and I’m not even saying that because I’m a Christian. The guy’s writings were almost incoherent to me. Maybe I should revisit them.
LaVey does seem out of place, but I had intended of trying to do as many influential figures as possible, from philosophy, economics, politics, and cultural icons (Eve Ensler, for example). I got lazy with it, though. I need to take some things off of their and come up with more designs.
Haha, I enjoyed a bit of The Satantic Bible. It got to be a little too much like the real Bible toward the end, though. His philosophy is good, but he tended to make atheism into a religion itself.
People take the CoS too seriously in some aspects. I feel that some people fail to get what they were aiming at, and in the end the way people reacted is probably what LaVey wanted.
For example, Boyd Rice. He’s practically trolling everyone there:
“Don’t speak of laws, they have guns” (paraphrase of Pompey because I’m too tired to look up the exact quote. Said when the republic protested increasingly authoritarian actions.)