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Jonathan Drake returns for The No Treason Podcast Ep. 6, continuing his deep dive into Lysander Spooner’s No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority. Picking up with Sections 8 through 15, Jonathan exposes how the secret ballot, far from being a safeguard of liberty, is actually a tool of tyranny, shielding voters from accountability while empowering what Spooner calls “a secret band of robbers and murderers.” He unpacks Spooner’s dismantling of the notion of consent in governance, explaining how elections, oaths of office, and the Constitution itself fail every test of natural law. With sharp humor and vivid analogies, from pork smoking and squirrels teaching natural law to the absurdity of “oaths given to the wind”, Jonathan ties Spooner’s 19th-century insights to modern politics and moral philosophy. It’s a masterclass in understanding why secret governance and blind patriotism lead not to freedom, but to voluntary servitude.
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