Propaganda Brainstorming

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I'm generally interested in current day political issues, design in the everyday world and where it could be improved, music, urban planning/architecture, and a multitude of other things (cop-out, I know!). I'd say some of my core beliefs are fairness, reliability, an experience-oriented life, a spirit of adventure, curiosity, openness, rationality, efficiency, respect, and loyalty. Something somewhat silly I feel passionate about are roundabouts- I feel like they would solve so many efficiency problems in the US if only we would be more open to them in concept and execution. On a more serious note, I also feel passionately against guns and the proliferation of them in American culture- it's yet again an efficiency and protection for those who are vulnerable to make common sense reforms to gun laws in the US, but the desires of the few somehow continue to overwhelm the concerns of the many. Something that may also work is my feelings towards horoscopes and birth signs- I feel like they are a silly way to abdicate control over one's life and could be an interesting 'anti' propaganda sign. I'm also a sufferable hipster, so I could extoll the virtues of indie and alternative music! There are so many possibilites, from the mundane to the most pressing.

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