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is the main idea of the Discourse, that state tyranny relies on popular compliance, and when such compliance is withdrawn, the tyranny ends.
| 00:00 | Start |
| 00:32 | Episode description Rothbard’s introduction La Boetie’s essay, The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude Audiobook |
| 01:24 | About Murray Rothbard audio |
| 01:44 | Summary of Rothbard’s introduction |
| 04:55 | Flashes Of Liberty on La Boetie |
| 05:06 | Summary of La Boetie’s bio and the French Reformed (Huguenot) connection About Huguenots A 3 part presentation from Bill Edgar on Huguenots: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 |
| 08:48 | The question of the consent of the governed |
| 12:32 | Episode 2 on Romans 13 |
| 13:45 | The peaceful underthrow of the state by withdraw of popular compliance |
| 15:41 | Larken Rose’s videos The Tiny Dot The Jones Plantation Film |
| 16:27 | Working together to spread the message The First Follower video |
| 18:12 | The Velvet Revolution |
| 18:43 | The crucial educational task of de-bamboozling |
