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Cato uses his Letter No. 6 to speak to the "Three-Fifth Rule" regarding the apportionment of representation to - and concomitant participation of - women, children and Indigenous Americans in states practicing slavery. While it could be argued that Cato's concern is misplaced in a pre-suffrage era, he accurately warns that parasitic politicians will load up the people’s labors and assets with ruinous levies and tributes. Cato asserts that elites will employ every effort to transfer burdens to the people. He avers that the new government will have no real checks and balances under the proposed Constitution. Cato is concerned that the new government will be a costly affair, will use its new-found wealth to leverage its will, and construct a hierarchy of privilege among the political class. With great prescience, Cato further cautions about taxes, overseas conscriptions to satisfy the power-hungry, and the Senate’s unaccountable oversight of treaties.  Please pardon some interspersed background baseboard noise during the recording.  Read by Eric the Blacksmith. Find previous episodes and other series under the Pages section to the right. Listen below or download it here. AFP24 - Anti-Federalist Papers - Part 24

In Letter No. 5, Cato talks about the separate functions of the proposed government; that the distinctions between their enumerated duties will become blurred and therefore ineffectual. He asserts that this inadequacy will result in danger to the people's liberty. He makes an obvious, though profound, argument that while the citizenry is embarking on a new course, Americans are every bit as vulnerable to the whims of human nature as the peoples of other lands. He argues that the small size of the new Congress will not provide for adequate representation for every demographic. Read by Eric the Blacksmith. Find previous episodes and other series under the Pages section to the right. Listen below or download it here. AFP23 - Anti-Federalist Papers - Part 23

In Letter No. 4, Cato looks far over the horizon. He expresses his concern that not only is the term of the President excessive in length, its position is monarchical in all but name. Cato lists the characteristics that could be possessed by an unscrupulous individual. He points to the partnership between the Vice President and the Senate and urges retrospection. Cato argues, in no uncertain terms, that the President's cabinet will be little more than a collection of willing lackeys and factions, eager to help the Chief Executive carry out his agenda. Cato concludes by warning that the States - and by extension, the People - should be the ultimate authority in the Confederation. Read by Eric the Blacksmith. Listen below or download it here.

Letter No. 3 is Cato's message to his countrymen and women that the Constitution would make the Colonies homogenous. He alludes to the recent Shays' Rebellion in Massachusetts. Cato contrasts the climate, temperaments and motivations of the Northern and Southern states. Cato likens the psychology of the citizenry to an example of basic physics. Cato makes the argument that the young Confederation is far too vast to be ruled by a centralized authority, and that the people's independence will be now threatened even more than during the recent revolution. Read by Eric the Blacksmith. Find previous episodes and other series under the Pages section to the right. Listen below or download it here. 

Part 24 (final) of Emanuel Josephson's 1948 book, "Your Life is Their Toy; Merchants in Medicine." Read by Jim Bunyan of Rejected Knowledge. Find other Rejected Knowledge series and other complete series under the Pages section to the right. Listen below or download it here.

Part 23 of Emanuel Josephson's 1948 book, "Your Life is Their Toy; Merchants in Medicine." Read by Jim Bunyan of Rejected Knowledge. Find other Rejected Knowledge series and other complete series under the Pages section to the right. Listen below or download it here.

Part 22 of Emanuel Josephson's 1948 book, "Your Life is Their Toy; Merchants in Medicine." Read by Jim Bunyan of Rejected Knowledge. Find other Rejected Knowledge series and other complete series under the Pages section to the right. Listen below or download it here. 

Part 21 of Emanuel Josephson's 1948 book, "Your Life is Their Toy; Merchants in Medicine." Read by Jim Bunyan of Rejected Knowledge. Find other Rejected Knowledge series and other complete series under the Pages section to the right. Listen below or download it here.   YLITT21 - Your Life is Their Toy series - Part 21

Part 20 of Emanuel Josephson's 1948 book, "Your Life is Their Toy; Merchants in Medicine." Read by Jim Bunyan of Rejected Knowledge. Find other Rejected Knowledge series and other complete series under the Pages section to the right.  Listen below or download it here.  YLITT20 - Your Life is Their Toy series - Part 20

Part 19 of Emanuel Josephson's 1948 book, "Your Life is Their Toy; Merchants in Medicine." Read by Jim Bunyan of Rejected Knowledge. Find other Rejected Knowledge series and other complete series under the Pages section to the right. Listen below or download it here.  YLITT19 - Your Life is Their Toy series - Part 19

Part 18 of Emanuel Josephson's 1948 book, "Your Life is Their Toy; Merchants in Medicine." Read by Jim Bunyan of Rejected Knowledge. Find other Rejected Knowledge series and other complete series under the Pages section to the right. Listen below or download it here. 

Part 17 of Emanuel Josephson's 1948 book, "Your Life is Their Toy; Merchants in Medicine." Read by Jim Bunyan of Rejected Knowledge. Find other Rejected Knowledge series and other complete series under the Pages section to the right. Listen below or download it here. 

Part 16 of Emanuel Josephson's 1948 book, "Your Life is Their Toy; Merchants in Medicine." Read by Jim Bunyan of Rejected Knowledge. Find other Rejected Knowledge series and other complete series under the Pages section to the right. Listen below or download it here.

Part 15 of Emanuel Josephson's 1948 book, "Your Life is Their Toy; Merchants in Medicine." Read by Jim Bunyan of Rejected Knowledge. Find other Rejected Knowledge series and other complete series under the Pages section to the right. Listen below or download it here.  YLITT15 - Your Life is Their Toy series - Part 15

Part 14 of Emanuel Josephson's 1948 book, "Your Life is Their Toy; Merchants in Medicine." Read by Jim Bunyan of Rejected Knowledge. Find other Rejected Knowledge series and other complete series under the Pages section to the right. Listen below or download it here.  YLITT14 - Your Life is Their Toy series - Part 14