Episode 08: The Boetie Option: The Peaceful Underthrow Of The State

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is the main idea of the Discourse, that state tyranny relies on popular compliance, and when such compliance is withdrawn, the tyranny ends.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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