“Can you govern yourself, or do you need a Federal Czar to govern your life for you?â€
That question should be asked of every interested person who might vote in the next few elections. Everyone.
“Can you find a doctor, a light-bulb, or control the flow of your toilet, or should one of our Federal Czars take that decision out of your hands?â€
When framed in this fashion, the answers to these questions probably have a 75-25 pro-freedom response rate, even in today’s electorate.
This “frame” (see Lakoff and Overton Window) Â articulates the central message that all Republicans, conservative Democrats, the Tea Parties/Patriots, as well as the think tank types should be shouting from the hilltops.
Once brought to consciousness in this philosophical context, virtually every “self-government†policy initiative can be promoted on the foundation of “self-government”. Most Americans are hard-wired to agree with the conservative view on this.