Mises Daily
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Étienne de la Boétie
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[Part I of The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Étienne de La Boétie, written 1552–53.] I see no good in having several lords: Let one alone be master, let one alone be king. These words Homer puts in the mouth of Ulysses, as he addresses the people. If he had said nothing further than “I see no good in having