No Treason Audio Book

[marc stevens]

Lysander Spooner's No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority is now available as an audio book free; download it at adventuresinlegalland.com/spooner.html

[NonEntity]

A fitting complement to Marc's excellent work above is this article on Spooner by Wendy McElroy.

Government by consent means that every person who pays taxes or provides a service to the state must render his consent in order for the exchange to be just. Without such consent, the “exchange” is actually brute force that the government imposes upon the individual. Otherwise stated, if people pay taxes or offer a service because they fear the consequence of not doing so, then the state is no better than a robber who says, “Your money or your life.” Or, as Spooner phrased it, government becomes “a mere conspiracy of the strong against the weak.”

The “principle that the majority have a right to rule” merely divides government into “two bodies of men” – masters and slaves – and, so, cements constant conflict into society.

and this quote which is so pertinent to Marc's expositions:

The so-called crime of treason makes sense only if the accused lives within a government’s claimed jurisdiction and only if he has rendered allegiance to be governed. If not, then the charge is specious because it is impossible to breach a loyalty that has never been given.

- NonE

[dvishnu]

Thanks for the McElroy link...An excellent read....

[Azure Ray]

Thanks for the audio book. Great job!

However, It seems the 1st 3 sections are incomplete.

Travis

[lazerwood]

However, It seems the 1st 3 sections are incomplete.

I noticed that too. I'm waiting for the single downloadable file.

[marc stevens]

lazerwood said:

However, It seems the 1st 3 sections are incomplete.

I noticed that too. I'm waiting for the single downloadable file.

I am going to re-load them today. Anyone know if there are any other sections that are incomplete?

[marc stevens]

OK, sorry, i have no idea why those 3 did not upload properly. I re-loaded them and they are fine now.

adventuresinlegalland.com/spooner1.mp3

I will upload the whole thing as one file today.

[openyourmindseye]

Nice post with the audio book, I will be sure to read the whole thing. Also that movie with the cop shooting the guy! That was absolutely insaine!