Ep. 8: The Boetie Option: The Peaceful Underthrow Of The State
The Reformed Libertarians Podcast · Libertarian Christian Institute
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Show Notes
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is the main idea of the Discourse, that state tyranny relies on popular compliance, and when such compliance is withdrawn, the tyranny ends.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
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