Sentient Void
09-20-2011, 05:17 PM
On the prominent Boston area rock station WAAF this morning during the 'Hill-Man Morning Show' - they were talking about the USPS and the problems it was having. I called in and chimed in about how most people don't realize that it's actually *illegal* to compete with the USPS in the delivery of snail mail - and that the solution is we should legalize the free market and legalize competition in the market with the USPS.
I then talked about how Lysander Spooner offered private competition to the USPS in the late 1800s and actually did a better and cheaper job delivering the mail, and they shut him down.
One of my many libertarian interjections in the show ;-) I call in every once in a while on topics of note (war, civil liberties, government, the economy, etc).
The other reason I brought this up, is why don't we utilize some guerilla marketing of libertarian philosophy and call in on prominent Radio Shows more often when we see bulletproof opportunities to spread our libertarian propaganda? It's no cost to us - and if we can get people to think through this free avenue, then it would only help us.
Of course, I feel only very reasonable and intelligent people should be doing this - we don't want people calling in sounding like whack jobs and saying things that will cause knee-jerk reactions from everyone in hating our perspective.
I then talked about how Lysander Spooner offered private competition to the USPS in the late 1800s and actually did a better and cheaper job delivering the mail, and they shut him down.
One of my many libertarian interjections in the show ;-) I call in every once in a while on topics of note (war, civil liberties, government, the economy, etc).
The other reason I brought this up, is why don't we utilize some guerilla marketing of libertarian philosophy and call in on prominent Radio Shows more often when we see bulletproof opportunities to spread our libertarian propaganda? It's no cost to us - and if we can get people to think through this free avenue, then it would only help us.
Of course, I feel only very reasonable and intelligent people should be doing this - we don't want people calling in sounding like whack jobs and saying things that will cause knee-jerk reactions from everyone in hating our perspective.