+102 A man is no less a slave if he is allowed to pick a new master every four years. Amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What is this referencing?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I assumed it was referring to electing new presidents every four years.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's what I thought, but I presidents are hardly 'masters' in the way that slavemasters are. Not even close.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's the controversy of this post :)

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Yeah but it can hardly be considered controversy when no one literally believes that the president is equivalent to a slavemaster.

by Anonymous 11 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 Anonymous 11 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 Anonymous 11 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 Anonymous 11 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 Anonymous 11 years ago

That's not what most anarchists will tell you...

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Well most people aren't anarchists.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I am only too well aware of that.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I assumed it was referring to electing new presidents every four years.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I think this is an extremely stupid post, I'm sorry.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Care to elaborate why?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I disagree. A man chooses, a slave obeys.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Don't we also obey in a way? In the sense that we're required to follows laws, and such?

by Anonymous 11 years ago