Etienne de la Boétie

In this episode of Flashes of Liberty, we look at Etienne de la Boétie. La Boétie provides one of the earliest and clearest explanations of why the suffering majority obeys the minority who rule over them; it is an example of voluntary servitude. Here is an abridged excerpt La Boetie's writing.   To purchase Discourse on Voluntary Servitude: Why People Enslave Themselves to Authority, click on my Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/2yA3FzL    To become a patron of MereLiberty.com, visit mereliberty.com/membership   Follow mere liberty on social media: https://www.facebook.com/mereliberty https://twitter.com/MereLiberty https://www.pinterest.com/mereliberty/ https://www.minds.com/KerryBaldwin/ https://www.instagram.com/mereliberty/

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To challenge and rethink our paradigms for understanding society, by applying Reformed theology and philosophy to politics, religion, and culture, in order to encourage individual freedom and responsibility within our own spheres of influence. Mere Liberty is about liberty at its most fundamental core. It’s stripping away the rhetoric that we’ve become accustomed to hearing and challenging the paradigms that face us today. Mere Liberty is not about politics per se, rather it’s about the philosophies (and theology) behind the problems presented in politics and culture. Challenging the manner in which we see these problems will push us to think beyond mere political solutions that in effect isolate us from own responsibility, and eschewing responsibility means relinquishing our associated freedoms.