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A man is no less a slave if he is allowed to pick a new master every four years. Amirite?
by Anonymous12 years ago
What is this referencing?
by Anonymous12 years ago
I assumed it was referring to electing new presidents every four years.
by Anonymous12 years ago
That's what I thought, but I presidents are hardly 'masters' in the way that slavemasters are. Not even close.
by Anonymous12 years ago
That's the controversy of this post :)
by Anonymous11 years ago
Yeah but it can hardly be considered controversy when no one literally believes that the president is equivalent to a slavemaster.
by Anonymous11 years ago
The post isn't just referring to the President. It may reference him, but it's referring to government in general. Lysander Spooner is a 19th century abolitionist and anarchist.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Ah, I see. But considering the entire government isn't replaced every 4 years, I think it's probably referring to just the President.
by Anonymous11 years ago
He used the president to symbolize the power of government, everyone knows he isn't the sole "slave driver," under our system, the power of government is concentrated in the hands of many individuals, that we elect and re-elect.
by Anonymous11 years ago
And since it's in the hands of many individuals, most of which are changing very frequently, it's not really analogous to slavery.
by Anonymous11 years ago
That's not what most anarchists will tell you...
by Anonymous11 years ago
Well most people aren't anarchists.
by Anonymous11 years ago
I am only too well aware of that.
by Anonymous11 years ago
I assumed it was referring to electing new presidents every four years.
by Anonymous12 years ago
I think this is an extremely stupid post, I'm sorry.
by Anonymous12 years ago
Care to elaborate why?
by Anonymous12 years ago
I disagree. A man chooses, a slave obeys.
by Anonymous12 years ago
Don't we also obey in a way? In the sense that we're required to follows laws, and such?
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