Ep. 1468 Spooner vs. Locke: Can Governments Rest on "Consent"?
Tom Woods Show, Archive 5 · Tom Woods
September 21, 202024m 27s
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Show Notes
John Locke tries to rest the legitimacy of government on the consent of the people. But can they really give consent? Locke himself admitted that unanimous consent was impossible, but thought the state could be legitimized anyway. Lysander Spooner thought otherwise: if we as individuals do not consent to an arrangement, it cannot be enforced on us.