The No Treason Podcast Ep. 25: Taxation, Consent, and the Illusion of Representation
In Episode 25 of the No Treason Podcast, Jonathan Drake builds on last week’s discussion of majority rule by turning to Lysander Spooner’s appendix on taxation, breaking down the moral and logical foundations behind the claim that taxation without consent is indistinguishable from theft. Drake examines how modern representative systems presume consent through elections, arguing that this assumption collapses under scrutiny when only a fraction of the population actively participates in selecting leadership. He explores Spooner’s contention that neither majority vote nor representation can…
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