Voluntaryist Strategies & Tactics

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Do you analyze competing concepts fairly?

Or do you apply a double-standard to ideas? The Golden Rule of Ideas
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Should you avoid the war of competing studies?

Why you should avoid the war of competing studies War of competing studies
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Are you being manipulated by a statist machine?

Agenda Setting Theory The mass media chooses what you follow and discuss
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Why do my friends snap-back to statist ideas when I’m not there?

Rubber Band Effect One conversation won’t undo the ‘pull’ of statism
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Why do people act as they do politically?

Aesthetic theory of partisan attraction Aesthetics is the study of beauty. For our purposes…
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What thing do we most need to create a libertarian society?

The strategic key to libertarian success Every other strategy benefits from more libertarians
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Why do statist ideas defeat libertarian ideas in the political arena?

What we can we do to make libertarian ideas win? Visibility Parity & Operation Everywhere
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What strategic activity should libertarians prioritize?

Discovery *before* persuasion What reaping low hanging fruit makes possible
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Can you induce people to reject statism?

Mental Depth Charge Formula: Identifying contradictions, then patience
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When should statists oppose greater government powers?

The ‘shoe on the other foot’ rule Have empathy for your future self
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Why should you tackle the five hardest issues first?

Use the Pillar Strategy to collapse the mental structure of statism Exceptions make Zero Aggression seem unrealistic
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Can a voluntaryist be a gradualist?

Be a Fabian libertarian Avoid this pitfall of gradualism
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Do you analyze competing concepts fairly?

Do you analyze competing concepts fairly? Golden Rule of Ideas: Treat your own ideas the same way you treat opposing concepts. No double-standards.
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Should you avoid the war of competing studies?

Can a study refute a moral principle? Can people become experts in how others should live? What you can can gain from avoiding the war of competing studies.
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Are you being manipulated by a statist machine?

Agenda Setting controls what people think and how they think about it. Agenda Setting is manipulative and excludes libertarian ideas. But there is a cure!
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Why do my friends snap-back to statist ideas when I’m not there?

The Rubber Band Effect. One conversation won't undo the "pull" of statism
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Why do people act as they do politically?

The aesthetic theory of partisan attraction suggests that people don't reason their way into a political party or ideological tribe
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What thing do we most need to create a libertarian society?

The most useful libertarian actions will be those that discover, recruit, and mobilize more libertarians
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Why do statist ideas defeat libertarian ideas in the political arena?

Seen as often as statist schemes (visibility parity), libertarian ideas win. How to make that happen? Operation Everywhere.
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What strategic activity should libertarians prioritize?

Since there are tens of millions of latent libertarians, focus on that low-hanging fruit, first.
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Can you induce people to reject statism?

"Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions." Try the Mental Depth Charge: Identify contradictions and then stand back!
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When should statists oppose greater government powers?

The 'shoe on the other foot' rule. Before giving any power to a politician, think about what could happen if a bad politician had that power.
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Why should you tackle the five hardest issues first?

Use the Pillar Strategy to collapse the mental structure of statism.
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Can a voluntaryist be a gradualist?

A Fabian libertarian maintains the ultimate objective of a zero aggression society but also seeks small opportunities to move in that direction.