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War-bond ask

Buy a bond of the 2nd Liberty Loan and help win the war" poster

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The pattern

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Define

Money is requested as duty. The instrument is financial. The motive is belonging to the effort.

Mechanism

Civic purchase. The buyer is not shopping. They are enlisting with a wallet. Price is framed as participation.

Verdict

A public or communal instrument needs wide subscription and the stake is genuinely shared.

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Why it works

It borrows the ultimate authority of the Commander in Chief. The severe 'conquer or submit' dichotomy frames the financial act of buying a bond as an existential necessity for the nation.

Steal this when

You have a high-stakes campaign that can leverage the ultimate authority figure in your field to frame the choice as binary and absolute.

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