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Re: Ideas for Spreading the Message

Ellen M — Sun, 11 May 2008 09:25:50 GMT

Given the first half's focus on "state-as-mommy", I originally thought this was anti-democrat! Just goes to show, one person's scary thought is another's comfort.

Re: Ideas for Spreading the Message

ViennaSausage — Sun, 11 May 2008 07:54:09 GMT

Perhaps something like this would work..

http://littledemocrats.net/samples.html

Actually, I find this version quite scary!!!

Re: Ideas for Spreading the Message

rflores — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:33:53 GMT

Motivated by your requests, I have started a blog right here at mises.org, the url is:

http://mises.org/Community/blogs/smallwindow/

Re: Ideas for Spreading the Message

Danno — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:22:23 GMT

rflores:

There is also another author related to Mrs Wolfe, he goes by the name of "Boston T. Party" are any of his books any good?

What I've seen of his writing is largely "how to work around the system" stuff - which may or may not be relevant to your situation, and the loopholes he finds do get closed by enlarging states - but they're fairly solid when written.

Do be careful - your government may be keeping an eye on people who order such books. I'm fairly certain that mine is.

If you have a group, it's probably best if only one or two members do the 'easily tracked' things, like posting on the internet or buying books via credit card or mail. When governments get oppressive, they're usually a bit more oppressive than the public is generally aware of - by the time the people learn how bad it is, it's gotten even worse.

I may be just paranoid - but I've always considered that to be a survival trait, anyway.

Danno, taking comfort in being a very small fish.

Re: Ideas for Spreading the Message

Nitroadict — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:50:30 GMT

Interesting that this is brought up, the idea of a comic, as a friend & I have been trying to start our own webcomic for months now (his 9to5's usually get in the way of most progress).

Although I originally made one of the 'rules' of not pandering to political jokes (everyone does that & it's for lack of a better word...flaccid, writing-wise), I might be tempted to give some subtle nods to the apolitical schools of thought, however.

That's assuming of course we ever get this thing off the ground D:

Re: Ideas for Spreading the Message

rflores — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:29:42 GMT

emdoub:
You may find more useful ideas in Heinlein's _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_, a novel about a revolution on the moon, or in most of the books by Claire Wolfe, such as _The Freedom Outlaw's Handbook: 179 Things to do 'till the Revolution_ or _Don't Shoot the Bastards (yet): 101 More Ways to Salvage Freedom_

I'll be sure to get those books as soon as possible.

There is also another author related to Mrs Wolfe, he goes by the name of "Boston T. Party" are any of his books any good?

Re: Ideas for Spreading the Message

rflores — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:26:35 GMT

emdoub:
I've got a teenager distributing copies of Bastiat's _The Law_ to her friends - working on a much smaller scale than you're dealing with, but it's a remarkably persuasive little book.

I think adapting that to a shorter version or to separate it in short pamphlets can also be an option. Also, what do you think of using videos? I mean like the Drew Carey Project at reason.tv http://reason.tv/featuredvids/ (just scroll down to see the other vids). I know many of you are not fans of reason (I am not a fan either) but maybe take a look and tell me you opinions.

I am asking all this sorts of questions because we have limited resources and the more ideas we have here the better decisions we can take about the use we give to those resources (economics!!)

Thank you again, and sorry for any mistakes in my english

RDF

Re: Ideas for Spreading the Message

Danno — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:18:02 GMT

Yes, the comic/tract idea is good. If you've got some folks with creativity in the performing arts, music can be remarkably persuasive - the folksong tradition in the USA was tremendously effective in gathering support for the collectivist, populist message it carried.

I've got a teenager distributing copies of Bastiat's _The Law_ to her friends - working on a much smaller scale than you're dealing with, but it's a remarkably persuasive little book. You may find more useful ideas in Heinlein's _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_, a novel about a revolution on the moon, or in most of the books by Claire Wolfe, such as _The Freedom Outlaw's Handbook: 179 Things to do 'till the Revolution_ or _Don't Shoot the Bastards (yet): 101 More Ways to Salvage Freedom_, which have many suggestions for convincing other locals that freedom can be theirs.

Best of luck to you, and I'll add my vote - do please keep us informed on how it's going.

Danno

Re: Ideas for Spreading the Message

liberty student — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:01:02 GMT

rflores:
The thing that all the libertarians here are all intellectual and not at all political, with out charm or popularity...So we will have to either convert some of the opposition leaders into our ideology or just wait until someone catches on and becomes a true leader...

Honesty is intoxicating. People are starved for honesty. And most of us, even the plainest of us, are capable of honesty. :)

rflores:
There is another problem going around here and is that we have some libertarians but all of them want to lead the movement and no one wants to be lead...so at the end we turn out like trotskites, that is 5 people and 300 organizations...

I notice the same thing as well. Which is why I think it is more important to recruit people who are willing to perform "role duties". They are much rarer than people who desire to lead.

Re: Ideas for Spreading the Message

rflores — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:40:36 GMT

liberty student:
In this regard, Ron Paul has been tremendously successful. And his hero status (deserved or not) is a large part of that.

The thing that all the libertarians here are all intellectual and not at all political, with out charm or popularity...So we will have to either convert some of the opposition leaders into our ideology or just wait until someone catches on and becomes a true leader...There is another problem going around here and is that we have some libertarians but all of them want to lead the movement and no one wants to be lead...so at the end we turn out like trotskites, that is 5 people and 300 organizations...

Re: Ideas for Spreading the Message

rflores — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:34:44 GMT

Byzantine:

Here is how a man named Jack Chick spreads the message of fundamentalist, end-times, anti-Catholic Christianity in the US:

http://www.chick.com/default.asp

ohh....So thats the guy who publishes the tracts I have been seeing all around the churches over here....they are really heavy and so no love-your-neighbor....BUt yes I completely forgot about this kind of comic strip....Thank you

Re: Ideas for Spreading the Message

rflores — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:31:33 GMT

Im going to take your advice and start one as soon as possible. Thank you for everything

Re: Ideas for Spreading the Message

Magnus — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:27:50 GMT

If you feel like it, rflores, I think you should start a blog on mises and keep people up to date about whats going on in Venezuela. I know at least that I would be interested in reading it. Overall, my knowledge of Latin America is shamefully low!