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Amazingly, this is an almost exact re-hashing of the debates on IP that occurred between Lysander Spooner and Benjamin Tucker in the 19th century.

I agree with the arguments of Henry David Thoreau and of Lysander Spooner to the effect that voting is fundamentally an immoral act.

He was (to what degree of animosity I don't know, but I imagine friendly rivalry) a competitor of the more well-known Lysander Spooner.

I also derives my political heritage from indiviualist anarchists such as Lysander Spooner.

I hadn’t heard Lysander Spooner’s name for a long time.

Just like Andrew Yang, Henry George, Smedly Butler, Benjamin Tucker, Lysander Spooner, Sinclair Lewis, Upton Sinclair etc.

> Lysander Spooner is not a mainstream American political philosopher Immaterial.

With particular regard to the Constitution and its merits, I believe I paraphrase Lysander Spooner in saying, it either has failed to prevent tyranny or in fact provides for it.

As an American, I would probably like to consult with Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Smedley Butler, Lysander Spooner, Mark Twain, etc and get their thoughts on this matter.

Although obviously hyperbole, the sad thing is that this is actually not completely outside the realm of possibility: With regard to the first point, before there was email, Lysander Spooner attempted to compete with the (at the time notoriously high priced) US Postal Service.

It used to be a common position of American proto-libertarians as well, in the "individualist" tradition, like Lysander Spooner.

Lysander Spooner), and even in a form in Thomas Jefferson's "yeoman farmer" ideal (though he didn't follow it himself), since he thought industrial-style mass employment fit poorly with democracy.

In either case, it is unfit to exist." - Lysander Spooner Hint: We are now in the "raising of the spirits of the dead" phase of prophecy; the above being an example of what is meant by that phrase.

Lysander Spooner's "No Treason" essays may elucidate further, but I think perhaps it would be a greater boon to civil order if we agree that "the people" are not necessarily a specific subset of people.

Lysander Spooner is not a mainstream American political philosopher, except to the extent that you consider anarcho-capitalism mainstream.

Many argued that it was unconstitutional for decades before the civil war or 13th amendment (Lysander Spooner[1] most famously).

Lysander Spooner is famous in right-wing libertarian circles, but the guy also promoted mutualism and was the member of the First International.