The No Treason Podcast Ep. 5: Absolute Power, Property, and the Illusion of Consent

Jonathan Drake continues his deep exploration of Lysander Spooner’s No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority by unpacking Sections 6 and 7, where Spooner exposes how the Constitution grants government agents “absolute and irresponsible power.” Jonathan examines the Speech and Debate Clause and its implications for unchecked authority, connecting it to modern examples like immunity for lawmakers and pharmaceutical companies. Through first principles and natural law, he explains how property rights, consent, and personal sovereignty intersect, and how the Constitution, as written, effectively transforms citizens into property of the state. With analogies ranging from tree service contracts to modern elections, Jonathan drives home how accountability was designed out of the system, leaving Americans with only the illusion of choice. The episode closes with Spooner’s haunting observation that “a man is nonetheless a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years.” Insightful, challenging, and uncompromising, this installment lays bare the philosophical and moral contradictions at the heart of American governance.

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The No Treason Podcast attempts to Make Treason Great Again by talking about topics that challenge the official narrative about everything from Politics to Aether Physics to The Medical Establishment.

In Episode 5 Jonathan talks about the Achilles Heel of the argument that the Constitution is a valid contract: The Speech and Debate Clause. By removing the possibility of government agents being questioned, and thus held accountable, the Speech and Debate Clause gives them "absolute and irresponsible power," power Spooner equates to the definitive right of property. In effect, the Speech and Debate Clause codifies us all as slaves; elections are then meaningless because all we are really permitted to do is choose a new slave master rather than gain freedom from slavery.

Lysander Spooner's "Law of Intellectual Property"
https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/spooner-the-law-of-intellectual-property-1855

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