Those are awesome. Thanks for posting them.
Epic!
Edit: The second poster is telling; it admits that individuals would rather pay more than the price ceiling than go without a good or service.
More can be found here
This is exactly the sort of propaganda we should seek to produce. Simple cartoons that are easy to photocopy and hand out as flyers, and can fit nicely on a T-Shirt. ![]()
The ‘Rationing is a “must” until supply equals demand’ poster is odd. By demand it seems to mean desire to buy, rather than ability to buy. A rather horrible abuse of the term. And also seems to advocate two distinct concepts: the wording advocates price controls until scarcity is removed and the drawings advocate price controls until some fantasy situation where everyone has an equal amount of everything. I love rational propaganda…
I agree with liberty student; someone should make/design these kinds of posters for free market purposes (assuming they are more rational). Any good ideas on content?
I will see if I can make any crude drawings… if they don’t pass my own critcism, I will just post the phrases here.
I can also try to make posters, but I have no ideas on the content. It would have to be sufficiently provocative to make people think. I was thinking they should be templates, where one can fill in the words in their own language.
Okay, here’s something I threw together real fast… I’m not terribly sure about it though.
I was originally going to put “A Free Solution Awaits…” or “Free Agora Awaits…”, but didn’t feel like the earlier was pertinent enough, while the later being too vauge.
Also, I realize the “equation” is very simplified, and could be easily intereptted as more of a radical leftist ad, but I figured it would appeal to those very leftists who may not be familiar with agora or the actual definition of free market.
I was also considering putting the link in the poster for the wikipedia entry for free market, but thought it would be too long. I was also considering “Google: Agorism”, or something shorter, etc.
Haha! Hilarious posters… nice post
Bureaucrash.org has some good stuff along these lines. Also I’m sure most people here are familiar with FEE’s “Philosophy of Liberty” animation:
Not quite t-shirt material, but simple and clear for the masses.
If Agorism were so impotent as its detractors claim it is… why does the government fear a black market so much? This propaganda is telling. Counter-economics slices the soft underbelly of the state.
Why don’t they have those posters today?
Because they clearly state premises that can be argued against.
They’ve learned not to do that. Platitudes, raw emotional appeals, and empty promises are nearly as effective, and impossible to rationally fight. Besides, after 50 years of public schooling, the arguments made by these posters would just get a giant “huh?” from most of their target audience.
Has the illegal drug trade undermined the size of government?
N-A, I like your graphic, but I would lose the slogan, just keep the graphic and the bottom line.
I’m not sure if you are aware of this, but most people are not as intelligent as you. [:)]
This is a good question no one seems to be in a rush to answer.
here’s an idea
edit : Hm - the image shows up cropped. There seems to be something wrong with the way the forum displays big pictures.
Here’s a link then : http://anarcocapitalismo.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/freedom_31.jpg
Indeed, even after working on the slogan, I felt it was just too “wordy” to be effective. I will revise it and post it back up later.
Not enough people use drugs for their banishment to the underground to be a threat to the state. But that is a good starting point for building a counter-economy that will eventually absorb those goods which WILL hurt the state.