No Treason · Theme
Secret Government and Secret Ballot
How No Treason develops Secret Government and Secret Ballot.
The author attacks the secret ballot as creating a secret band of robbers and murderers, since it allows individuals to avoid responsibility for the actions of their agents and conceals the true rulers.
Where it surfaces
- VI: The Constitution of No Authority
The secret ballot is condemned as creating a secret government of robbers and murderers, preventing any legal proof of consent.
- II
The secret ballot is condemned as creating a secret band of robbers, tyrants, and murderers, and as preventing any legal proof of support for the Constitution.
- Chapter III
The secret ballot is portrayed as a mechanism that conceals the identity of rulers, preventing taxpayers from knowing who they are contracting with or consenting to.
- VII
The people have never been asked to sign the Constitution, implying a secret or imposed government.
- VIII
The chapter argues that the secret ballot creates a secret government of robbers and murderers, as agents cannot know their principals and no one takes personal responsibility.
- IX
The chapter directly attacks the secret ballot as the foundation of a secret government of robbers and murderers, arguing it enables covert plunder and murder.
- Chapter X
The chapter explicitly argues that the government is a secret band of robbers and murderers, chosen by secret ballot to avoid personal responsibility.
- II
The chapter extensively argues that the secret ballot creates a secret government where agents are appointed by unknown individuals, preventing any legitimate contract or oath.
- XII
The chapter describes a secret band of robbers and murderers who appoint agents while remaining concealed, illustrating the theme of secret government.
- XII
The author criticizes the concealed nature of the supposed association, which acts secretly and without open, authentic consent.
- XIV
The United States is characterized as a secret band of robbers and murderers, lacking open, authentic corporate existence.
- Chapter XVI
The argument implies that government officials operate without authentic, open authorization from the governed, akin to a secret government.
- XVII
The chapter emphasizes that the government is a secret band operating through secret ballots, making contracts in the dark without individual accountability.
- XVIII
The secret ballot prevents individual responsibility, allowing a hidden band of robbers and murderers to rule.
