Anti-Dictator: The Discours sur la servitude voluntaire

"Anti-Dictator: The Discours sur la servitude voluntaire" is a famous work by Étienne de La Boétie, who was a friend of Michel de Montaigne. The book examines the relationship between a ruler and the ruled, arguing that people enslave themselves when they give up their liberties and accept a yoke. La Boétie believes that a people who choose to be vassals instead of free men are cutting their own throats and consenting to their own misery. This work is an important commentary on the nature of power and the responsibilities of those who wield it."