Ep. 151 The Myth of the Rule of Law
The Tom Woods Show
Tom Woods
4.8 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2014
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Professor John Hasnas of Georgetown University says the rule of law is a myth perpetrated by governments to make their populations more compliant. This is another have-your-mind-blown episode.Read "The Myth of the Rule of Law," "The Depoliticization of Law," and "The Obviousness of Anarchy" by Professor Hasnas.
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| 0:00.0 | I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system. |
| 0:09.9 | In a world of conventional confusion, there will be time for them to make profits. |
| 0:14.9 | Now's not that time. |
| 0:16.4 | Daddy, what do taxes pay for? |
| 0:18.2 | Oh, why everything? |
| 0:19.7 | Policemen, trees, sunshine. |
| 0:21.9 | Let's not forget the folks who just don't feel like working, God bless them. |
| 0:25.9 | Don't be afraid. |
| 0:26.7 | I'm going to unshackle your mind. |
| 0:31.2 | An idea who his time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any government. |
| 0:36.9 | Your professor has arrived. |
| 0:41.0 | Tom Woods. |
| 0:42.3 | No, his mind is not for rent to any government. |
| 0:46.9 | Beware, citizen, you are now departing from the world of allowable opinion. |
| 0:52.3 | The Tom Woods Show. Welcome, everybody. It's Tuesday, May 6th, |
| 0:59.2 | 2014, and this is another one of those mind-blowing episodes. This is a reason you listen to this |
| 1:05.8 | program. This show right here today with John Hasnes, law professor and mindblower. |
| 1:13.4 | I met John Hasnes in 1992. |
| 1:17.6 | When I was an undergrad in college, I was at a week-long seminar put on by the Institute for Humane Studies. |
| 1:24.8 | And I found him very interesting. |
| 1:27.3 | And then subsequently, I read what's now a |
| 1:31.0 | famous article that he wrote called The Myth of the Rule of Law. And that article, I didn't |
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