# Critique of Majority Rule in No Treason

> Theme guide for No Treason by Lysander Spooner.

The text rejects the idea that a majority has a natural right to rule a minority, asserting that majorities offer no guarantee of justice and that individual rights are absolute against any number of oppressors.

## Where it surfaces

- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/ii): The chapter systematically dismantles the idea that majority rule confers legitimacy, arguing it reduces to a contest for mastery and slavery.
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/ix): The ballot is equated with a bullet, implying majority rule is merely a veiled form of coercion.
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/ii): The chapter argues that voting does not reflect genuine majority consent, as many vote only to avoid being enslaved by others.
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/endnotes): The endnote questions the value of an individual's vote when it is only one among millions, undermining the legitimacy of majority rule.

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