In the most civilized nations--such as Western Europe and the United States--labor is utterly crippled, robbed, and enslaved by the monopoly of money; and also, in some of these countries, by the monopoly of land.
Spooner critiques the monopolization of money and land as crippling labor in civilized nations.
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The will, or the pretended will, of the majority, is the last lurking place of tyranny at the present day.
And nobody is bound to take the least notice of them, unless it be to trample them under foot, as usurpations.
And he can rightfully be held to no greater knowledge of the law than this.
One answer is, that this power, which juries have of judging of the law, is not a power of absolute decision in all cases.