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The Politics of Obedience: A Discourse on Voluntary Servitude

By Etienne de la Botie
Narrated by: Bootsy Greenwood
Unabridged — 1 hours, 15 minutes
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In this seminal work of political philosophy, Boetie asks one of the most obvious questions of political theory: why is it that a minority of rulers can remain in power over a majority of subjects who pay all the taxes?


The answer might be quite surprising to us all. The conclusion is that the people tend to enslave themselves, to let themselves be governed by tyrants.


Liberty is the natural condition of the people. Servitude, however, is fostered when people are raised in subjection. People ...