"Can conservatives develop a program, an agenda, and a governing vision that would, in the words of Federalist 39, vindicate 'that honorable determination which animates every votary of freedom, to rest all our political experiments on the capacity of mankind for self-government'? "
I've been thinking the very same thing: that we need a "Program, and agenda, and a governing vision" for the Tea Party/Liberty movement.
It's not really a "mission statement. It's both something more specific and yet more general...
It needs to be a touchstone; something that we can refer to when arguing issues, when designing programs, and redesigning government.
It needs to be a compilation of what we believe in, the Declaration, the Constitution, The Road to Serfdom, The Law...
...all consolidated into a few talking points that are easily accessible, easy to remember, catchy and cool.
And we need to remind people that freedom is "cool".
Even the pinheads in Hollywood know that. They consistently portray it in their movies—apparently oblivious to the cognitive dissonance between the stories they tell and the politics they profess.
Have you ever seen a movie celebrating the crushing of the hero's individual spirit and his transformation into an obedient sheep of the Powers That Be? Ever?
Of course not. Everyone knows freedom and freemen are cool. We just have to learn how to exploit that.
The Gunslinger
(Too cool for tyranny)
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