Posted on 09/21/2020 10:14:30 AM PDT by ammodotcom
Lysander Spooner is an important and not exactly obscure figure in the history of the liberty movement. Hes an idiosyncratic figure from the 19th century with no small cheerleading section in the 21st century. A bit of a throwback to a very different time, Spooner was a champion of the labor movement and was even a member of the First International at a time when socialists and anarchists coexisted peacefully within that movement.
Perhaps one of the most interesting things about Spooner is that he ran a private company in direct competition with the United States Post Office. This endeavor predictably failed not because the American Letter Mail Company couldnt compete, but because Spooner was hamstrung by lawfare.
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