The State: ideas so good they have to be mandatory.

It's a simple joke because the premise is absurd enough on its own. If an idea is truly great, it shouldn't need threats, fines, permits, taxes, agencies, and a small army of clipboard enthusiasts to keep it alive.

This Mandatory Ideas shirt is for voluntaryists, libertarians, anarchists, and anyone who gets suspicious when politicians start explaining what everyone must do for their own good.

Clean typography, sharp message, and just enough hostility toward compulsory enlightenment.