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The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Etienne de La Boétie
This book by Etienne de La Boétie examines the concept of voluntary servitude, and how it has been used throughout history to maintain political power. It looks at the ways in which people have been conditioned to accept and even embrace the power structures that oppress them, and how this has
From Wikipedia
Étienne or Estienne de La Boétie was a French magistrate, classicist, writer, poet and political theorist, best remembered for his relationship with essayist Michel de Montaigne. His early political treatise Discourse on Voluntary Servitude was posthumously adopted by the Huguenot movement and is sometimes seen as an early influence on modern anti-statist, utopian and civil disobedience thought.