A dismaying number of readers claim they would, in fact, buy a LFTAC. To date, nobody has explicitly gotten the reference, alas. If anyone can find video of the old Batman talking alarm clock commercial, let me know. It was a staple of my childhood. Anyway, I salute this reader’s enthusiasm:
Jonah,
I have NO doubt that you are already being inundated by commentary around the idea of Liberal Fascism Talking Alarm Clocks… but be that as it may, allow me to endorse the idea heartily.
You could have it be the shape of a Hitler Mustachioed Smiley Face with recorded voices of Hayek, Friedman and a few others on the one side with various fine and appropriate quotes… and a few dandies from the other side when all too much of the core of the left view has been accidentally revealed (there are many many examples of this as I am sure you well know… we just never get to hear them!).
It could even be programmed to give certain wakeup greetings on certain days. This type of thing is VERY cheap to do in an electronic device these days… and I have no doubt you would have a whole lot of fun setting it up appropriately.
Beyond the fun angle, such a “toy” could be useful (as any alarm clock is), and yet be a powerful reminder of some of the basic drivers in the world today… and of the skewed illusions so common in the public discourse. For people that have busy lives devoted to the non ideological task of actually doing stuff and making things (most of us) and who absorb the drone of an endlessly skewed narrative almost by osmosis , this little puppy could actually be very useful anchorage to keep one grounded. Seriously.
Allow me to offer my expertise and network in scoping out the industrial design and peripheral costs for bringing something like that to the market. Man… I would DEFINITELY get one… for myself and whole slew of people (some who would be very pleased… and others who would be irked to distraction, and I’m not saying to which group I would more revel in the “joy of giving”).
The Liberal Fascism Talking Alarm Clock… gotta have it!
Your err… Talking Alarm Clock guy?






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