Podcasts about voluntary servitude

In this episode, I chat with Paul Tarantino and John Burnett—two of the most dynamic Bitcoiners I know—about the hidden frameworks of power and consent that shape our world. If you're ready to step outside The Truman Show and see the matrix for what it really is, you won't want to miss this mind-expanding conversation.  ––– Offers & Discounts ––– Get 10% off your ticket for BitcoinDay in Tampa! Use the promo code MATRIX at https://bitcoinday.io/register Theya is the world's simplest Bitcoin self-custody solution. Download Theya Now at theya.us/cedric Get up to $100 in Bitcoin on River at river.com/Matrix The best Team Bitcoin merch is at HodlersOfficial.com. Use the code Matrix for a discount on your order. Become a sponsor of the show: https://thebitcoinmatrix.com/sponsors/ ––– Get To Know Today's Guest ––– • John Burnett on X: https://x.com/truthinlogicBTC • Paul Tarantino on X: https://x.com/Humble_Hodl1111 ––– Socials ––– • Check out our new website at https://TheBitcoinMatrix.Com • Follow Cedric Youngelman on X: https://x.com/cedyoungelman • Follow The Bitcoin Matrix Podcast on X: https://x.com/_bitcoinmatrix • Follow Cedric Youngelman on Nostr: npub12tq9jxmt707gd5vnce3tqllpm67ktr0mqskcvy58qqa4d074pz9s4ukdcs  ––– Chapters ––– 00:00 - Intro  04:08 - Common Law vs. Maritime Law  08:36 - Did We Really Win the Revolutionary War?  12:55 - USA Inc. and the Legal Shift Post-1871  17:48 - Consent, Legalese, and The Truman Show  21:26 - Birth Certificates, Corporate Identity & Voluntary Servitude 26:07 - House Joint Resolution 192 & Fiat Collateralization  34:25 - Promissory Notes and the Right to Issue Credit  38:54 - The Bank Double-Dip Scheme  44:02 - Ownership, the DTCC & The Great Taking  50:05 - Will the Big Print Actually Happen?  54:53 - Fighting Fire with Fire: Using Their Legal System  01:00:38 - Creating Your Own Credit: Power and Pitfalls  01:07:04 - How Bitcoin Could Be Sidelined Like Gold  01:10:12 - Asserting Rights Outside the Legal Matrix 01:14:11 - Building a Sovereign Minority Movement  01:15:52 - Hope, Empowerment & The Remedy Clause  01:18:00 - Vision of Decentralized Resistance  01:21:37 - Sovereignty and Bitcoin as Parallel Paths  01:26:00 - Common Law vs. Legal System: Practical Examples  01:29:20 - Role of Language, Contracts, and Consent  01:36:44 - Defending Bitcoiners from Legal Traps  01:43:15 - Voluntary Slavery vs. Informed Sovereignty  01:46:35 - Final Words: Reclaiming Your Rights  DISCLAIMER: All views in this episode are our own and DO NOT reflect the opinions/views of any of our guests or sponsors.  I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you for tuning in, supporting the show, and contributing.  Thank you for listening!

Etienne de la Boetie² is the pen name of a voluntaryist author, father, technology entrepreneur, runner, hot yogi, multi-disciplinarian truther, arm chair economist, cryptocurrency enthusiast and neo-abolitionist who is experimenting with large-scale cult deprogramming. All is explained in his very readable and well-illustrated bestseller “Government” - the Biggest Scam in History. The original Etienne, a friend of 16th century French essayist de Montaigne, wrote the political treatise Discourse on Voluntary Servitude and was one of the first modern advocates of civil disobedience and anti-statism. His 21st century successor was born in Texas, his real name is Howard and is similarly unenthusiastic about government, all government, which he believes to be an intergenerational organised crime syndicate. https://artofliberty.org ↓ If you need silver and gold bullion - and who wouldn't in these dark times? - then the place to go is The Pure Gold Company. Either they can deliver worldwide to your door - or store it for you in vaults in London and Zurich. You even use it for your pension. Cash out of gold whenever you like: liquidate within 24 hours. https://bit.ly/James-Delingpole-Gold ↓ ↓ How environmentalists are killing the planet, destroying the economy and stealing your children's future. In Watermelons, an updated edition of his ground-breaking 2011 book, JD tells the shocking true story of how a handful of political activists, green campaigners, voodoo scientists and psychopathic billionaires teamed up to invent a fake crisis called ‘global warming'. This updated edition includes two new chapters which, like a geo-engineered flood, pour cold water on some of the original's sunny optimism and provide new insights into the diabolical nature of the climate alarmists' sinister master plan. Purchase Watermelons (2024) by James Delingpole here: https://jamesdelingpole.co.uk/Shop/Products/Watermelons-2024.html ↓ ↓ ↓ Buy James a Coffee at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jamesdelingpole The official website of James Delingpole: https://jamesdelingpole.co.uk x

On the eve of elections here in the United States, co-hosts Ben & Mike break down the argument for opting out and choosing not to vote, using a selection of philosophy, comedy, and music through which to view this topic. In this conversation they discuss:Discourse on Voluntary Servitude by Étienne de La BoétieWhy I Don't Vote by George CarlinFree State of Mind by The MammalsSupport Terrain Theory on Patreon! Our recently-launched member platform gives you access to a ton of free & exclusive content. Check it out: https://www.patreon.com/TerrainTheoryTerrain Theory episodes are not to be taken as medical advice. You are your own primary healthcare provider.If you have a Terrain Transformation story you would like to share, email us at ben@terraintheory.net.Learn more at www.terraintheory.netMusic by Chris Merenda

Day 7: Mark Wunderlich reads his poem “No Horse.” We are honored to be the first publisher of this poem.  Mark Wunderlich is the author of four collections of poems, the most recent of which is God of Nothingness published by Graywolf Press.  His other collections include The Earth Avails, winner of the Rilke Prize, Voluntary Servitude, and The Anchorage, which received the Lambda Literary Award.  He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Amy Lowell Trust, Civitella Ranieri Foundation, and the Wallace Stegner program at Stanford University.  He serves as Executive Director of the Bennington Writing Seminars graduate writing program, and chairs the Writing Committee at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.  He lives near Catskill, New York.   Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog.  Queer Poem-a-Day is a program from the Adult Services Department at the Library and may include adult language.  Queer Poem-a-Day is directed by poet and professor Lisa Hiton and Dylan Zavagno, Adult Services Coordinator at the Deerfield Public Library. Music for this fourth year of our series is from the second movement of the “Geistinger Sonata,” Piano Sonata No. 2 in C sharp minor, by Ethel Smyth, performed by pianist Daniel Baer. Queer Poem-a-Day is supported by generous donations from the Friends of the Deerfield Public Library and the Deerfield Fine Arts Commission.   

This week we're joined by Katherine Everitt, a PhD candidate at the European Graduate School. She is completing her dissertation on Hegel and the dialectics of space and is joining us for a look at The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Etienne de la Boétie and Montaigne's essay “On Friendship”. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh

Alex and Adrian wax philosophically on “America's Birthday,” the reality behind why the press hates the First Amendment, world leaders hear AI's argument for taking over at UN summit, Ron DeMadnesss goes GigaChad in homophobic (and homoerotic) campaign ad, French gets turned on turning on cell phones, GOP and Dems flip positions on surveillance state again, and Michelle O at 20-1 odds.

A discussion of Murray Rothbard's Introduction to Etienne de la Boetie's "The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude". The connection of La Boetie's essay to the French Reformed is explained. Also highlighted is the main idea of the Discourse, that state tyranny relies on popular compliance, and when such compliance is withdrawn, the tyranny ends. https://reformedlibertarians.com/008/ 00:00 Start 00:32 Episode description Rothbard's introduction: https://mises.org/library/politics-etienne-de-la-boetie La Boetie's essay: https://mises.org/library/politics-obedience-discourse-voluntary-servitude Audiobook: https://mises.org/library/politics-obedience-discourse-voluntary-servitude-audiobook 01:24 About Murray Rothbard article: https://mises.org/profile/murray-n-rothbard audio: https://mises.org/library/who-is-murray-rothbard 01:44 Summary of Rothbard's introduction 04:55 Flashes Of Liberty on La Boetie https://mereliberty.com/podcasts/etienne-de-la-boetie 05:06 Summary of La Boetie's bio and the French Reformed (Huguenot) connection About Huguenots: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huguenots A 3 part presentation from Bill Edgar on Huguenots: a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk0n5umun6A b. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDUc3O-WKt8 c. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnqzmf7Ay5A 08:48 The question of the consent of the governed 12:32 Episode 2 on Romans 13 https://reformedlibertarians.com/002 13:45 The peaceful underthrow of the state by withdraw of popular compliance 15:41 Larken Rose's videos The Tiny Dot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6b70TUbdfs The Jones Plantation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb8Rj5xkDPk Film: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jones-plantation-feature-film-post-production/ 16:27 Working together to spread the message The First Follower video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8amMCVAJQ 18:12 The Velvet Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_Revolution 18:43 The crucial educational task of de-bamboozling The Reformed Libertarians Podcast is a project of the Libertarian Christian Institute: https://libertarianchristians.com and a member of the Christians for Liberty Network: https://christiansforliberty.net Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com  

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The National Government bullies both the states and the people. How does "Voluntary Servitude" help cement the national government's power? Is it time for We, the People, to stand up against tyranny? The first step to freedom is deciding you want it in your life.  

“The disadvantaged don't make the world, they cope with it”Since Etienne de la Boetie's Discourse on Voluntary Servitude (1577), we have asked ourselves why the weak, the poor and the marginalised accept injustice.Social scientists talk to economic and political oppression. John Jost's work shows that the oppressed don't just suffer the injustice, they commit to it. Across society, people “invest in their own unhappiness”.Black children prefer white dolls; women feel entitled to lower salaries; victims blame themselves; around the world, people vote against their own economic interests…Jost presents three underlying reasons - epistemic, existential and relational - for why people become psychologically invested in the status quo even if it harms their objective interests, and walks through some of the research that demonstrates it.“One of the things that any kind of social movement for change needs to accomplish is a kind of undoing of the kind of indoctrination that all of us experience.”Listen to John Jost explain:False Consciousness: “ideology as a cognitive illusion” (Marx)Out-Group FavouritismWhy social activism is so taxing - and so many activists suffer burnoutThe role of the Stereotype: it simplifies and justifiesThe role of Evolution in system justificationAnd how to break the cycle“Part of the job of the Social Psychologist is to look at fixing the ills they identify”Works cited include:Daniel Kahneman's Prospect TheoryRobert Sapolsky, on the physiology of low-statusHoward ZinnGyorgy LukacsBerger and Luckman's The Social Construction of RealityKarl MarxAntonio GramsciHenri Tajfel's Social Identity TheoryCatharine MacKinnon: Towards a Feminist Critique of the StateChris Boehm on the benefits of inequalityJohn JostJohn Jost is Professor of Psychology, Politics, & Data Science and Co-Director of the Center for Social and Political Behavior at New York University. His research addresses stereotyping, prejudice, social justice, intergroup relations, political ideology, and system justification theory. He has published over 200 journal articles and book chapters and five books, including A Theory of System Justification.More on this episodeLearn all about the Parlia Podcast here.Meet Turi Munthe: https://www.parlia.com/u/TuriLearn more about the Parlia project here: https://www.parlia.com/aboutAnd visit us at: https://www.parlia.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode reviews - Discourse on Voluntary Servitude By Étienne de La Boétie (pronounced La Bwaytee ) Published posthumously 1577 Download from Online Library of Liberty

Mark Wunderlich was born in Winona, Minnesota and grew up in rural Fountain City, Wisconsin. He attended Concordia College's Institut für Deutsche Studien, and later the University of Wisconsin from which he received a BA in German Literature and English. Wunderlich earned a Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University's School of the Arts Writing Division where he studied poetry with J.D. McClatchy, William Matthews and Lucie Brock-Broido, among others, and translation with William Weaver and Frank MacShane. His poetry collections include The Anchorage, Voluntary Servitude, The Earth Avails, and God of Nothingness.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

วาระนี้ #Analysand ชวนมาพูดคุยเรื่องกษัตริย์ อันเป็นประเด็นร้อนระอุอย่างมากในการเมืองไทยจนไม่ต้องเกริ่นนำมากมายอะไรอีกแล้ว ขอบคุณสหายศิริวัชรผู้ช่วยปรับเสียงให้ดียิ่งขึ้น และเช่นเคย ถ้าผู้ฟังท่านใดสนใจติชมสามารถ comment ไว้ได้ที่ SoundCloud, YouTube หรือส่ง E-mail มาได้ที่ analysand@protonmail.com ครับ ข้อมูลเพิ่มเติม ========== - หนังสือ 'กษัตริย์คือ(อะ)ไร?' ที่คุณเก่งกิจแปลจาก 'What are kings?' นั้น David Graeber กับ Nika Dubrovsky เขียนขึ้นเพื่อเป็นหนังสือสำหรับเยาวชน โดยปรับจาก Sahlins, Marshall, and David Graeber. 2018. On Kings (Chicago, IL, USA: HAU) - หนังสือที่ปฐมพงศ์พูดถึงหลักในวาระนี้คือ Unchanam, Puangchon. 2020. Royal Capitalism: Wealth, Class, and Monarchy in Thailand (University of Wisconsin Press) - Nika Dubrovsky (เกิด 1967) นักมานุษยวิทยาชาวอเมริกัน เขียนหนังสือ 'กษัตริย์คือ(อะ)ไร?' ที่เรานำมาพูดถึงในวันนี้ร่วมกับ David Geaber คู่ชีวิตของเธอ - Marilyn Strathern (เกิด 1941) นักมานุษยวิทยาชาวอังกฤษ หนังสือเล่มล่าสุดคือ Strathern, Marilyn. 2020. Relations: An Anthropological Account (Duke University Press) - Marshall Sahlins (เกิด 1930) หนังสือที่คุณเก่งกิจพูดถึงคือ Sahlins, Marshall. 2020. Stone Age Economics (Routledge) - Étienne de La Boétie (1530 - 1963) หนังสือในภาษาอังกฤษที่น่าสนใจคือ De La Boetie, Etienne. 2008. The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude, trans. by Harry Kurz (North Charleston, SC, USA: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform) ช่วยผู้ร่วมรายการขายของ =================== - หนังสือ กษัตริย์คือ(อะ)ไร สามารถหาซื้อได้ตามร้านค้าทั่วไป หรือสั่งตรงผ่านสำนักพิมพ์ได้ที่ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/illuminationseditions/

Welcome to another episode of Truthzilla! We had our good friend and acclaimed Harry Caray impersonator, Handsome Rob back on to discuss the agendas being blatantly rolled out in front of our faces, and under the noses of those who choose to remain asleep. Which agendas are we referring to? Agenda 21, which has been rebranded as Agenda 2030 and is in full force everywhere you look. If you enjoy personal sovereignty, property rights, individual freedom and living in a world where there are more than 500 million people, then you should staunchly oppose this plan! Join us as we pick apart the insidious plan, leading up to the end of humanity disguised in flowery language like "sustainable development" and "The Great Reset". Agenda 21 directly on the UN websitehttps://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/outcomedocuments/agenda21https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/Truthzilla Merch!https://teespring.com/stores/truthzilla00:12:00 The Water Powered Carhttps://www.collective-evolution.com/2018/01/04/the-inventor-of-a-water-powered-car-that-died-in-a-restaurant-yelling-they-poisoned-me/00:13:10 Book we couldn't remember the name of, written in 1552:The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Étienne de la Boétie 00:15:00 Corbett interview with Rosa Koirehttps://www.corbettreport.com/un-agenda-21-exposed-with-rosa-koire-video/00:48:00 James Corbet - COV|D 911: From Homeland Security to Biosecurityhttps://www.corbettreport.com/covid-911-from-homeland-security-to-biosecurity/  

123 Republic Keeper Podcast patreon.com/republickeeper Show opener Give the phone # 866-988-8311 info@republickeeper.com Coming up on today’s broadcast The Most Important American You’ve never heard of Who was Gene Sharp? Born 1928 – died in 2018 7 days after his 90th He was the founder of the Albert Einstein Institution, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the study of nonviolent action, and professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Unofficial sources have claimed that Sharp was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prizein 2015,[3] and had previously been nominated three times, in 2009, 2012 and 2013 Sharp was widely considered the favorite for the 2012 award. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences in 1949 from Ohio State University, where he also received his Master of Arts in Sociology in 1951.[14] In 1953–54, Sharp was jailed for nine months after protesting the conscriptionof soldiers for the Korean War.[2] He discussed his decision to go to prison for his beliefs in letters to Albert Einstein, who wrote a foreword to his first book on Gandhi.[15] He worked as factory laborer, guide to a blind social worker, and secretary to  J. Muste, America's leading pacifist. Between 1955 and 1958, he was Assistant Editor of Peace News(London), the weekly pacifist newspaper from where he helped organize the 1958 Aldermaston March. The next two years he studied and researched in Oslo with Professor Arne Næss, who together with Johan Galtungdrew extensively from Mohandas Gandhi's writings in developing the Satyagraha Norms.[16] In 1968, he received a Doctor of Philosophy in political theory from Oxford University.[14] Funding for Sharp's research at this time came from the DARPAproject of the US Department of Defense.[17] his 1973 book The Politics of Nonviolent Action, which was based on his 1968 PhD thesis.[25]In the book, a "three-volume classic on civil disobedience,"[26] he provides a pragmatic political analysis of nonviolent action as a method for applying power in a conflict. Sharp's key theme is that power is not monolithic; that is, it does not derive from some intrinsic quality of those who are in power. For Sharp, political power, the power of any state – regardless of its particular structural organization – ultimately derives from the subjects of the state. His fundamental belief is that any power structure relies upon the subjects' obedience to the orders of the ruler(s). If subjects do not obey, rulers have no power Sharp identifies this hidden structure as providing a window of opportunity for a population to cause significant change in a state. Sharp cites the insight of Étienne de La Boétie(1530–1563) that if the subjects of a particular state recognize that they are the source of the state's power, they can refuse their obedience and their leader(s) will be left without power. To him, (Boetie) the great mystery of politics was obedience to rulers. Why in the world do people agree to be looted and otherwise oppressed by government overlords? It is not just fear, Boetie explains in the Discourse on Voluntary Servitude, for our consent is required. And that consent can be non-violently withdrawn.[3] Sharp has been called both the "Machiavelliof nonviolence"[21] and the "Clausewitz of nonviolent warfare."[30] It is claimed by some that Sharp's scholarship has influenced resistance organizations around the world. His works remain the ideological underpinning of the work for the Serbian-based nonviolent conflict training group the Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies which helped to train the key activists in the protest movement that toppled President Mubarak of Egypt, and many other earlier youth movements in the Eastern European color revolutions. Sharp's 1993 handbook From Dictatorship to Democracy[31]was first published in Burma, fourth edition in 2010. It has since been translated into at least 31 other languages.[32] It has served as a basis for the campaigns of Serbia's Otpor! (who were also directly trained by the Albert Einstein Institution), Georgia's Kmara, Ukraine's Pora, Kyrgyzstan's KelKel and Belarus' Zubr. Pora's Oleh Kyriyenko said in a 2004 interview with Radio Netherlands, Sharp - Not Non-violence Sharp – stubborn and cussed Sharp – exert control and take action Sharp – wield power and control futures Sharp – that book is a bomb Yellow Revolution President John Adamssigned into law the Sedition Act of 1798, which set out punishments of up to two years of imprisonment for "opposing or resisting any law of the United States" or writing or publishing "false, scandalous, and malicious writing" about the President or the S. Congress (though not the office of the Vice-President, then occupied by Adams' political opponent Thomas Jefferson). This Act of Congress was allowed to expire in 1801 after Jefferson's election to the Presidency;[46] Jefferson pardoned those still serving sentences, and fines were repaid by the government. This law was never appealed to the United States Supreme Court (which had not yet established its right to invalidate laws passed by Congress) but opponents claimed it was unconstitutional under the First Amendment. In the Espionage Act of 1917, Section 3 made it a federal crime, punishable by up to 20 years of imprisonment and a fine of up to $10,000, to willfully spread false news of the American army or navy with an intent to disrupt its operations, to foment mutiny in their ranks, or to obstruct recruiting. This Act of Congress was amended by the Sedition Act of 1918, which expanded the scope of the Espionage Act to any statement criticizing the Government of the United States. These laws were upheld by the Supreme Court in the 1919 decisions Schenck v. United States(concerning distribution of flyers urging men to resist the draft) and Abrams v. United States (concerning leaflets urging cessation of weapons production). Schenck led to the "shouting 'fire' in a crowded theater" explanation of the limits of free speech. The laws were largely repealed in 1921, leaving laws forbidding foreign espionage in the United States and allowing military censorship of sensitive material. In 1940, the Alien Registration Act, or "Smith Act", was passed, which made it a federal crime to advocate or to teach the desirability of overthrowing the United States Government, or to be a member of any organization which does the same. It was often used against communist party This Act was invoked in three major cases, one of which against the Socialist Worker's Partyin Minneapolis in 1941, resulting in 23 convictions, and again in what became known as the Great Sedition Trial of 1944 in which a number of pro-Nazi figures were indicted but released when the prosecution ended in a mistrial. Also, a series of trials of 140 leaders of the Communist Party USA also relied upon the terms of the "Smith Act"—beginning in 1949—and lasting until 1957. Although the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the convictions of 11 CPUSA leaders in 1951 in Dennis v. United States, that same Court reversed itself in 1957 in the case of Yates v. United States, by ruling that teaching an ideal, no matter how harmful it may seem, does not equal advocating or planning its implementation. Although unused since at least 1961,[citation needed] the "Smith Act" remains a Federal law. There was, however, a brief attempt to use the sedition laws[which?]against protesters of the Vietnam War. On 17 October 1967, two demonstrators, including then Marin County resident Al Wasserman, while engaged in a "sit-in" at the Army Induction Center in Oakland, California, were arrested and charged with sedition by deputy US. Marshal Richard St. Germain. U.S. Attorney Cecil Poole changed the charge to trespassing. Poole said, "three guys (according to Mr. Wasserman there were only 2) reaching up and touching the leg of an inductee, and that's conspiracy to commit sedition? That's ridiculous!" The inductees were in the process of physically stepping on the demonstrators as they attempted to enter the building, and the demonstrators were trying to protect themselves from the inductees' feet. Attorney Poole later added, "We'll decide what to prosecute, not marshals."[47] In 1981, Oscar López Rivera, a Puerto Rican Nationalist and Vietnam war veteran, was convicted and sentenced to 70 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and various other offenses.[example needed]He was among the 16 Puerto Rican nationalists offered conditional clemency by U.S. President Bill Clinton in 1999, but he rejected the offer.[48] His sister, Zenaida López, said he refused the offer because on parole, he would be in "prison outside prison".[citation needed] The clemency agreement required him to renounce the use of terrorism, including use or advocacy of the use of violence, to achieve their aim of independence for Puerto Rico.[49] Congressman Pedro Pierluisi has stated that "the primary reason that López Rivera did not accept the clemency offer extended to him in 1999 was because it had not also been extended to certain fellow [Puerto Rico independence movement] prisoners, including Mr. Torres".[50] (Torres was subsequently released from prison in July 2010.) In 1987, fourteen white supremacistswere indicted by a federal grand jury on charges filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against a seditious conspiracy between July 1983 and March 1985. Some alleged conspirators were serving time for overt acts, such as the crimes committed by The Order. Others such as Louis Beam and Richard Butler were charged for their speech seen as spurring on the overt acts by the others. In April 1988, a federal jury in Arkansas acquitted all the accused of charges of seditious conspiracy.[51] On 1 October 1995, Omar Abdel-Rahmanand nine others were convicted of seditious conspiracy.[52] Laura Berg, a nurse at a S. Department of Veterans Affairshospital in New Mexico was investigated for sedition in September 2005[53] after writing a letter[54][55] to the editor of a local newspaper, accusing several national leaders of criminal negligence. Though their action was later deemed unwarranted by the director of Veteran Affairs, local human resources personnel took it upon themselves to request an FBI investigation. Ms. Berg was represented by the ACLU.[56] Charges were dropped in 2006.[57] On 28 March 2010, nine members of the Hutareemilitia were arrested and charged with crimes including seditious conspiracy.[58] In August, 2012, U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts dismissed all serious charges against the remaining defendants, including sedition, and rebuked prosecutors for bringing the case. One man, Jacob Ward, was found not competent to stand trial. Three of the men, Joshua John Clough, David Brian Stone Sr., the leader of the group, and his son Joshua Stone, pleaded guilty to weapons charges

While in college at the young age of eighteen, Étienne De La Boétie wrote a Discourse on Voluntary Servitude a book which attempted to explain why people obey tyrants despite their better judgement. Étienne explains how tyranny endures through the powers of habit, trickery, and patronage. But by far, Étienne’s most unique view is that the state must be dismantled by simple acts of mass civil disobedience reminding rulers we can always choose not to obey. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why do people act against their best interests and consent to their enslavement? ...it has been common to assume that the masses are purely victims in their enslavement, unable to mount any form of resistance due to the threat of force wielded by those in power. In the 16th century, the French philosopher Etienne de La Boétie challenged this view in his essay The Discourse on Voluntary Servitude. All governments, he argued, including the most tyrannical, can only rule for extended durations if they have the general support of the populace. Not only are those in power vastly outnumbered by those over whom they rule, but governments rely on the subjugated populations to provide them with a continual supply of resources and manpower. If one day enough people refused to obey and stopped surrendering their wealth and property, their oppressors would, in the words of La Boétie, “become naked and undone and as nothing, just as, when the root receives no nourishment, the branch withers and dies.” (Étienne de La Boétie, The Discourse on Voluntary Servitude) Hence mass submission to even the most oppressive political regimes is always a voluntary servitude, one based on popular consent. As de La Boétie explains: “Obviously there is no need of fighting to overcome this single tyrant, for he is automatically defeated if the country refuses consent to its own enslavement: it is not necessary to deprive him of anything, but simply to give him nothing; there is no need that the country make an effort to do anything for itself provided it does nothing against itself. It is therefore the inhabitants themselves who permit, or, rather, bring about, their own subjection, since by ceasing to submit they would put an end to their servitude. A people enslaves itself, cuts its own throat, when, having a choice between being vassals and being free men, it deserts its liberties and takes on the yoke, gives consent to its own misery, or, rather, apparently welcomes it.” (Étienne de La Boétie, The Discourse on Voluntary Servitude) https://academyofideas.com/2018/03/how-we-enslave-ourselves/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Summarizing insights from Mises, Hume, and La Boetie, Bob argues that even the worst tyrants ultimately stay in power because other people obey them. If the people withdraw their support from a regime, it will fall. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Gene Sharp's book, (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1595588507/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=consultingbyr-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1595588507&linkId=eaf40337a5c7eb4433a8fc55e17c6154) . #CommissionsEarned (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Etienne de la Boetie's "A Discourse of Voluntary Servitude" (https://mises.org/library/politics-obedience-discourse-voluntary-servitude) (with an introduction by Rothbard). Details on Bob's April 20 Soho Forum (https://libertarianchristians.com/debate/) debate. (Use promo code "bob" for a discount.) Help support (http://bobmurphyshow.com/contribute)  the Bob Murphy Show. The audio production for this episode was provided by  Podsworth Media (http://podsworth.com/) .

The original Etienne de la Boetie, 1530-1563, was a French political philosopher who wrote The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (popularly reprinted in English as: The Anti-Dictator) in the 16th century where he argued that men are not so much enslaved as they enslave themselves and the only power tyrants have is given to them by […] The post Understanding your slavery – with Etienne de la Boetie (the 2nd) appeared first on .

The original Etienne de la Boetie, 1530-1563, was a French political philosopher who wrote The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (popularly reprinted in English as: The Anti-Dictator) in the 16th century where he argued that men are not so much enslaved as they enslave themselves and the only power tyrants have is given to them by […] The post Understanding your slavery – with Etienne de la Boetie (the 2nd) appeared first on .

One of the most radical ideas I've come across is this: People are not free ultimately because they voluntarily consent to their servitude. Etienne de La Boetie wrote "A Discourse on Voluntary Servitude" during the Renaissance period. His book had a huge influence on many philosophers and inspired the civil disobedience movement. But, is it relevant to your personal life as well? Show Notes: Become a Patron of TVL to get bonus episodes and rewards! "Discourse on Voluntary Servitude" by Etienne de La Boetie

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TAGS Political TheoryThe Politics of ObedienceOCTOBER 13, 2008 Etienne de la BoetieFrom The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Étienne de La Boétie. Pages 39-47 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley.Download audio fileREAD MORE

TAGS Political TheoryThe Politics of ObedienceOCTOBER 13, 2008 Etienne de la BoetieFrom The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Étienne de La Boétie. Pages 39-47 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley.Download audio fileREAD MORE

Today we look at a video from self-proclaimed liberal atheist Steve Shives. Targeting libertarianism, this video is part of his "5 Stupid Things About..." collection. Many of you might enjoy some of his work, so please check out his website, stevelikestocurse.com. SERIES BACKGROUND: We are now rebooting the series for the purposes of review and expansion. Tony Myers will be the permanent co-host for these episodes. See Tony's past School Sucks contributions here, and please have a look at Tony's comprehensive notes on the science of logic here. Logic is about understanding reality in a non-contradictory way and how can we see things for what they are. Metaphysical Laws 1.Identity 2.Causality 3.Non-Contradiction Discussion With Tony Myers: -Applying the Trivium -The rhetorical approach of Steve Shives -Why this video? -Why we failed in our first attempt to record this show -Fallacies in the first 3 "Stupid Things" 1. It's selfish The most important thing in debate is proper identification; an easy way to win a debate is to define things however you want and get away with it. This allows for a rhetorical strategy we call Hedging – using words with ambiguous meanings, then changing the meaning of them later. Steve's defining characteristic - selfishness? What about property Rights? Self-ownership? The NAP? 2. It alienates people from the government I don't feel this way at all; GOVT is people and the state is a dangerous superstition. It's another religion from which we, like Steve Shives, work to free people. Philosophical implication: we should be connected to the government we have a duty or responsibility to society that libertarians are dodging 3. It's anachronistic This entire thing is the stolen concept fallacy. Requiring the truth of the something that you are simultaneously trying to disprove. Appeal to novelty - Argument: libertarianism is bad cause it's old, especially compared to the blessings of the state in the 20th century Principle: things that are old are not preferable to things that are newer definition problem again -Libertarianism as political movement in the US goes back to the early 1970s -you can go back further to some of Rand's conclusions decades earlier with respect to the fourth branch of philosophy : politics -Spooner -Discourse on Voluntary Servitude, or the Anti-Dictator, mid-1500s it's still like 4000 years newer than the state Music: Traditional - "Faith Is the Victory" Joan Osborn - "What If God Was One of Us?" Traditional - "Adestes Fideles" Norman Greenbaum - "Spirit In The Sky" Kutless - "What Faith Can Do" Look Closer: 2 Aristotle Logic from History and Philosophy of Science Will Durant - The Story of Philosophy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Philosophy Tragedy & Hope Communications - http://www.tragedyandhope.com/ Trivium Education - http://www.triviumeducation.com/trivium/ Logical Fallacies Handlist - http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/fallacies_list.html Please Support School Sucks Our Amazon Wish List Donate With Bitcoin Or Join the A/V Club Your continued support keeps the show going and growing, which keeps us at the top of the options for education podcasts and leads to new people discovering this message. This subscription also grants you access to the A/V Club, a bonus content section with 200+ hours of exclusive audio and video. If you are a regular consumer of our media, please consider making a monthly commitment by selecting the best option for you... Join the A/V Club! $6.00/Month Join the A/V Club! $9.00/Month Join the A/V Club! $12/Month

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The Introduction to The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Étienne de La Boétie. Pages 7-36 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley.

Individuals are not to be sacrificed as means to other people's ends Pirates vs. Emperors by Joseph Nevins http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/05/07-6 Cruise ship attacked by pirates used sonic weapon (couldn't find exact article referenced) http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-11-07-cruise-blast_x.htm Governments have once again prevented effective measures of self-defense, this time at sea Accountability for mice and impunity for lions; U.N. is a ridiculous organization "Government" serves as a shield to protect its employees from wrongdoing Rulers nab bad guys so they themselves aren't perceived as bad rulers Initiatory force versus retaliatory force is a critical distinction The Authoritarian Mindset http://aynrkey.blogspot.com/2009/05/authoritarian-mindset.html The most docile slaves and the most demented dictators are psychologically similar; both are driven by fear and pseudo self-esteem, fostered in childhood of course and bolstered by the violent institution known as government Fundamentals of Voluntaryism (nod to Carl Watner) http://voluntaryist.com/fundamentals/introduction.php The Epistemological Argument; The Economic Argument; The Moral Argument; The Natural Law Argument; The Means-End Argument; The Consistency Argument; The Integrity, Self-Control, and Corruption Argument Ideas, both good and bad, are bulletproof "Vital" services are determined by those in the marketplace, not by mafias with flags All prosperity occurs in spite of the parasitism by the State http://anarchy.tv - using logical ideas in fictional stories to reveal truths and portray a better world Abolition of the coercive tools of government engenders respect in the populace, not rebelliousness and chaos To restrict people's freedom is do a terrible thing People aren't coerced to work in government--they choose to coerce others! http://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Statistics-Darrell-Huff/dp/0393310728 Government (and parents) seek to alter "citizens'" (and children's) volition via threats and punishments Discourse on Voluntary Servitude http://www.constitution.org/la_boetie/serv_vol.htm As people stop supporting their "rulers," they gain more freedom Simple disobedience and non-compliance break the well-oiled (obeyed) governmental machine Empathy begins with recognition of how oneself has been subjected to tyranny Playing politics violates all the principles of voluntaryism There is no respectful or logical alternative to individuals making their own choices One man, SamIAm, refusing to comply with authoritarian sociopaths... http://freekeene.com/2009/05/04/sams-jail-blog-wednesday-april-29/ The stupid pop behaviorism of laws and retribution fosters, among other things, the slacker mentality People working in the "corrections system" are prime examples of irresponsibility, because they imprison rights-respecting people "Judges" do a major disservice to the concept of justice; they violate individuals' rights on a daily basis How does a group of people get a superior claim to your life and property? Illogically, immorally, and unjustly Robo-scientist's first findings by Victoria Gill http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7979113.stm Amazingly beneficial scientific innovations and discoveries are in store for us--especially as governmental funding declines Scientists need to become fully aware of the moral issues and of how government stifles scientific progress Metaphysical poem: Imagine http://devernay.free.fr/paradoxlost/html/imagine.html bumper music "Holiday in Cambodia" by Dead Kennedys http://www.deadkennedys.com/albums_fresh.html  http://www.myspace.com/deadkennedys to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697  

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From The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Étienne de La Boétie. Pages 71-80 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley.

From The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Étienne de La Boétie. Pages 49-69 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley.

From The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Étienne de La Boétie. Pages 39-47 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley.

How – Actually – Does the State Work? 'Do As You Are Told, Or We Will Kill You' by Jeff Knaebel http://www.lewrockwell.com/knaebel/knaebel19.html Methods of domination... People who really value liberty are not so organized The ridiculous sporting event of politics, where winning equals everyone losing The free state project http://www.freestateproject.org Direct, raw violence perpetrated by individuals "working" for government Is democracy relative? Any initiation of force is wrong, absolutely Unjust laws...ad naseum The floating abstraction of "the public"; trying to hide government's true aims through the use of euphemisms Molding the minds of youth via "public education," i.e., extortion-funded governmental education Arguments against the notion that taxation is extortion and aggression, which are of course illogical Sick dependency created by those in government The monstrous ethical contradiction of using force as the means to (attempt to) achieve benevolent ends Stossel in America - ABC 20/20 Freeloaders - Creating Dependency Segment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4teq7aKTNJ4 http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnStossel/2007/01/03/is_this_any_way_to_help_the_homeless Violence is not a way to "help" people Should we fear employees of the State (those in power) or, rather, our fellow slaves? The Next Thing... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH_paOt6_ZI 948 The Next Thing (Part 2) http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/25/ the backstory: Episode: 947 The Next Thing (Part 1) http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/26/ Discourse on Voluntary Servitude by Etienne de la Boetie http://www.constitution.org/la_boetie/serv_vol.htm Inculcating obedience through nonsense statements such as, "As long as you comply, it's not force" Ruling through fear; http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Heinrich_Himmler Conflating America with American government The popular values of equality, universal health care, and no child left behind can never be realized through force, and government is the biggest hindrance to realizing such values The initiation of force is the invalid means to achieve one's ends Only the free market can foster popular values, and then some! Obviously, the more government intervention, the worse the results Lessons From Tennessee's Failed Health Care Reform by Merrill Matthews, Jr. (beware the author's slavespeak) http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/BG1357ES.cfm The unpeaceful nature of Sweden, and other liberally praised authoritarian domains Sweden, Banana Republic by Per Bylund http://www.lewrockwell.com/bylund/bylund12.html Per Bylund Archives: http://www.lewrockwell.com/bylund/bylund-arch.html The argument from morality in relation to the welfare state The congressional umbilical cord to the military/industrial complex How The Military/Industrial Complex Works: You Scratch My back, Bombs Away! http://completeliberty.com/chapter2.php#45 Government "servants" that impose "services" on us, versus the beauty of services provided by businesses Government, by definition, is incapable of providing what we want; what we want are voluntarily chosen services (i.e., not to be forced) Speaking of which, my own new service :) http://www.happinesscounseling.com Ayn Rand had it right: happiness is our highest moral purpose http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/happiness.html The psychological payoff for avoiding the immoral essence of governmental "services" Worry as future related guilt, and our various means of dealing with it President as good domineering parent; Kings ordained by "God" and "the people" Democracy: The God that Failed by Hans Hermane Hoppe http://www.hanshoppe.com/publications.php#democracy http://tinyurl.com/4zt79u (searchable text from google books) http://www.mises.org/store/Democracy-The-God-That-Failed-P240C0.aspx Ah, government is beyond failure, because its employees perform magic tricks and miracles using the golden (blood drenched) gun of taxation and regulation and fiat currency! Apathy created by governmental "schooling," childhood indoctrination in obedience to authority, and the mainstream media of distractions and lack of logical analysis Obama's "hope" and "change" through coercion: put the following site-specific searches in google to see the essence of what politics is about, no matter the orator's popularity: site:www.barackobama.com require site:www.barackobama.com required site:www.barackobama.com mandate site:www.barackobama.com mandated Governmental employees use commerce and business language to try to hide their organization's thuggish nature Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins http://www.economichitman.com/ http://tinyurl.com/57w588 (google books) http://www.democracynow.org/2004/11/9/confessions_of_an_economic_hit_man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_Man#Controversy_and_criticism Fabricating external threats in order to gain more power and control http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_flag http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_Incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Harbor_advance-knowledge_debate FDR, Pearl Harbor and the U.N. by John V. Denson http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/denson8.html The Conspiracies of Empire by H. Arthur Scott Trask http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/trask1.html Pearl Harbor Was No Surprise by Don Hull http://www.strike-the-root.com/columns/Hull/hull5.html Do Freedom of Information Act Files Prove FDR Had Foreknowledge of Pearl Harbor? by Robert B. Stinnett, Douglas Cirignano http://www.independent.org/issues/article.asp?id=408 The Truth About Pearl Harbor: A Debate by Robert B. Stinnett, Stephen Budiansky http://www.independent.org/issues/article.asp?id=445 Sixty-Three Years of Lies by Anthony Gregory http://www.strike-the-root.com/4/gregory/gregory27.html Man accused of making license plate 'disappear' http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/04/1827266-man-accused-of-making-license-plate-disappear Live in accordance with rights-respecting free enterprise http://agorism.info/ With complete liberty (voluntary exchanges), everything will become more and more affordable; cost of living will continually decrease and standard of living will continually increase In the lose/lose scenario of government (involuntary exchanges), those wielding power become slaves too--it's a race to the bottom, economically and psychologically bumper music "Uncle Sam Goddamn" by Brother Ali http://www.brotherali.com/  http://www.myspace.com/brotherali to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697