“There is nothing grand or noble in having the use of a slave, in so far as he is a slave; or in issuing commands about necessary things. But it is an error to suppose that every sort of rule is despotic like that of a master over slaves, for there is as great a difference between the rule over freemen and the rule over slaves as there is between slavery by nature and freedom by nature . .” UseGovernmentDifferencesMastersSlaveryErrorsSlaveNobleCommandFreemanNecessary Things Book:Politics Source: Politics
“And there is no difference, in principle - but only in degree - between political and chattel slavery. The former, no less than the latter, denies a man's ownership of himself and the products of his labor; and asserts that other men may own him, and dispose of him and his property, for their uses, and at their pleasure.” MenMayUsePoliticalDifferencesPleasurePrinciplesProductsDegreesLaborSlaveryPropertyDenyFormerLatterOwnership Book:Individualist anarchist pamphlets Source: Individualist anarchist pamphlets
“The difference between Libertarian and Conservative is that Conservatives understand this, and know that unregulated capitalism will eventually end with human meat sold in market places, and slavery. Alas, many Conservatives think that everything has to be regulated and controlled.” ThinkingKnowsHumansEndsPoliticalPoliticsDifferencesCapitalismSlaveryConservativeLibertarianMeatControlledAlas Author:Jerry Pournelle