Ep. 1468 Spooner vs. Locke: Can Governments Rest on "Consent"?


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Aug 13 2019 24 mins   37
John Locke tries to rest the legitimacy of government on the consent of the people. But can they really give consent? Locke himself admitted that unanimous consent was impossible, but thought the state could be legitimized anyway. Lysander Spooner thought otherwise: if we as individuals do not consent to an arrangement, it cannot be enforced on us.