Some people giving orders and others obeying them: this is the essence of servitude. Of course, as Hospers smugly observes, one can at least change jobs, but you can't avoid having a job — just as under statism one can at least change nationalities but you can't avoid subjection to one nation-state or another. But freedom means more than the right to change masters.


The Libertarian as Conservative (1984)


Some people giving orders and others obeying them: this is the essence of servitude. Of course, as Hospers smugly observes, one can at least change...

Some people giving orders and others obeying them: this is the essence of servitude. Of course, as Hospers smugly observes, one can at least change...

Some people giving orders and others obeying them: this is the essence of servitude. Of course, as Hospers smugly observes, one can at least change...

Some people giving orders and others obeying them: this is the essence of servitude. Of course, as Hospers smugly observes, one can at least change...