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But if that principle were a true one in behalf of three millions of men, it is an equally true one in behalf of three men, or of one man.
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Lysander Spooner
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Spooner argues that the principle of consent applies universally, regardless of the number of people involved.
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In short, they acknowledge themselves hostes humani generis: enemies of the human race.
They do not tell us that we are the freest and happiest people on earth, inasmuch as each of our male adults is allowed one voice in ten millions in the choice of the men, who are to rob, enslave, and murder us.
On the contrary, they acknowledge themselves robbers, murderers, and villains, pure and simple.
They do not tell us of the almshouses, hospitals, schools, churches, etc., which, out of the purest charity and benevolence, they maintain for our benefit, out of the money they take from us.