Étienne de la Boétie²: Government is a scam

About this episode

Étienne de la Boétie² discusses the illegitimacy of government and the psychological operations used to control the population.

Etienne de la Boetie2 is the founder of the Art of Liberty Foundation, and the editor of the Art of Liberty Daily News on Substack and Five Meme Friday, which delivers hard-hitting memes and the best of the alternative media. He is an internationally recognized expert and speaker on voluntaryism and government illegitimacy, criminality and corruption. His original writings and research can be found at ArtOfLiberty.org and ArtOfLiberty.Substack.com He is the author of To See the Cage Is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many which exposes an inter-generational psychological operation by the “government,” Hollywood, and the monopoly media to indoctrinate the population with the pseudo-religion of Statism using dozens of unethically manipulative techniques ranging from subliminal content in television programming to a hidden curriculum in the mandatory “government” schools, scouting, and police/military training. He has also authored: “Government” – The Biggest Scam in History… Exposed! which breaks down how inter-generational organized crime centered around banking and central banking is robbing and controlling the population using the technique of “government”…

People in this episode

Hosts: Bohdanna Diduch, Roman Shapoval

Guest: Étienne de la Boétie²

Topics covered

• government
• voluntaryism
• corruption
• media manipulation
• psychological operations

Keywords

• government scam
• voluntaryism
• media corruption
• psychological manipulation
• alternative media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Art of Liberty Foundation, Art of Liberty Daily News, Substack, Five Meme Friday

Books & works: To See the Cage Is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many, Government – The Biggest Scam in History… Exposed!, Voluntaryism – How the Only “ISM” Fair for Everyone Leads to Harmony, Prosperity and Good Karma for All!

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