“In the beginning men submit under constraint and by force; but - TopicsExpress

“In the beginning men submit under constraint and by force; but those who come after them obey without regret and perform willingly what their predecessors had done because they had to. This is why men born under the yoke and then nourished and reared in slavery are content, without further effort, to live in their native circumstance, unaware of any other state or right, and considering as quite natural the condition into which they were born.” Excerpt From: Étienne de la Boétie. “The Politics of Obedience.”