1411: Jack Lloyd – Voting and Individual Consent

Voting cannot be a substitute for individual consent, as voting is forced upon all people whether they agree with having a vote in the first place or not. —Jack Lloyd, The Definitive Guide to Libertarian VoluntaryismDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 6.06MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 249KB
Voting cannot be a substitute for individual consent, as voting is forced upon all people whether they agree with having a vote in the first place or not. —Jack Lloyd, The Definitive Guide to Libertarian VoluntaryismDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 8.16MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 317KB

Voting cannot be a substitute for individual consent, as voting is forced upon all people whether they agree with having a vote in the first place or not. —Jack Lloyd, The Definitive Guide to Libertarian Voluntaryism

1394: Scott Horton – Modern Democracies

Most modern democracies are to some extent dual states. There is the government described in high school civics books, with carefully checked and circumscribed powers — but lurking in the background, there is a far more formidable bureaucratic apparatus, which actually wields the power of the state and cares little for constitutional niceties. —Scott HortonDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.80MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 247KB
Most modern democracies are to some extent dual states. There is the government described in high school civics books, with carefully checked and circumscribed powers — but lurking in the background, there is a far more formidable bureaucratic apparatus, which actually wields the power of the state and cares little for constitutional niceties. —Scott HortonDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 4.49MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 333KB

Most modern democracies are to some extent dual states. There is the government described in high school civics books, with carefully checked and circumscribed powers — but lurking in the background, there is a far more formidable bureaucratic apparatus, which actually wields the power of the state and cares little for constitutional niceties. —Scott Horton