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The End of All Evil
Evil enslaves. Evil is found in words such as force, compulsion, tax, violence, theft, censure, and politics. Notice that in such things, there is no joy. None have any value to humanity. This book defines the doctrine of liberty, and teaches you why choices that affect your life can only rightfully be made by you.
96 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2006
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December 8, 2018
Everyone should read this with an open mind. Close minded people will never get it.
April 5, 2014
Evil demystified and the world broken down into simple concepts. This book is about freedom and what it really means to be human. It's a beacon of light that everyone would benefit from reading.
April 15, 2019
A relatively short book which goes straight to the truth of how our society is essentially a modern day version of slavery. This may seem negatively orientated and at times is quite depressing, but the key message in the book is that you are a sovereign being and are not bound by man made law. You may then think complete anarchy would break out if no one followed man made law, but after reading this book, I actually believe the author’s message that we would work out a new system based on natural law and rather than the oppressive/forced man made law.
February 6, 2015
Short and right to the point.
July 22, 2016
A poorly thought out apologia for absolute libertarianism.
Takes the simplistic position of Freedom Good-Law Bad-Goverment Bad.
Written in a very new age affirming style; flattery to distract from how poor the arguments presented are.
Takes the simplistic position of Freedom Good-Law Bad-Goverment Bad.
Written in a very new age affirming style; flattery to distract from how poor the arguments presented are.
October 12, 2021
The book is not the most well-written and is a bit redundant at times, but I found the basic principles and ideas to be quite profound when fully understood. Definitely worth the read. Short and to the point.
April 13, 2024
This book is written in a very simple style at about the 6th grade level and contains many observations regarding the tyrany of governments past and present.
The text successfully illustrates how Tyrants reverse and bastardize the meaning and implementation of a society's basic values; how they co-opt concepts that were originally put in practice for the true benefit of society. An easily demonstrated example that is currently in play regarding climate change/environmentalism:
"The strength of environmentalism is that it can be used [by government] to regulate every aspect of your life: transportation, food, housing, energy and communication; they all fall under this umbrella of regulation and control. Environmentalism [under current gov't rule] is just one more excuse to implement slavery."
The text explains how governments use "terrorism", or the threat of such, to induce a population to give up their freedoms (as was done with the signing of The Patriot Act and many subsequent acts that you will never see reported by the legacy media):
Terrorism has been used [by governments] throughout history to coerce populations to yield their authority and governance to those hungry for power and lacking of conscience."
This book is a very basic primer regarding how governments use authority, culture, perceived freedom, enforced morality, environmentalism, employment, taxes, bureaucracy, terrorism, perceived rights, law enforcement and other tactics to enslave the governed.
The last chapter of the book is optomistic, yet enigmatic, focusing on how to free oneself.
In order to break free of this slavery the author cites "Personal Sovereignty"; promotes the use of technology, especially peer to peer use of the internet for financial transactions; and endorses a "Pattern of Liberty" among other suggestions, all of which are colossal topics in themselves and of which the author's handling is ambiguous. My e-copy had no appendix to refer to, which would have helped in search of more information on these topics.
The text successfully illustrates how Tyrants reverse and bastardize the meaning and implementation of a society's basic values; how they co-opt concepts that were originally put in practice for the true benefit of society. An easily demonstrated example that is currently in play regarding climate change/environmentalism:
"The strength of environmentalism is that it can be used [by government] to regulate every aspect of your life: transportation, food, housing, energy and communication; they all fall under this umbrella of regulation and control. Environmentalism [under current gov't rule] is just one more excuse to implement slavery."
The text explains how governments use "terrorism", or the threat of such, to induce a population to give up their freedoms (as was done with the signing of The Patriot Act and many subsequent acts that you will never see reported by the legacy media):
Terrorism has been used [by governments] throughout history to coerce populations to yield their authority and governance to those hungry for power and lacking of conscience."
This book is a very basic primer regarding how governments use authority, culture, perceived freedom, enforced morality, environmentalism, employment, taxes, bureaucracy, terrorism, perceived rights, law enforcement and other tactics to enslave the governed.
The last chapter of the book is optomistic, yet enigmatic, focusing on how to free oneself.
In order to break free of this slavery the author cites "Personal Sovereignty"; promotes the use of technology, especially peer to peer use of the internet for financial transactions; and endorses a "Pattern of Liberty" among other suggestions, all of which are colossal topics in themselves and of which the author's handling is ambiguous. My e-copy had no appendix to refer to, which would have helped in search of more information on these topics.
February 16, 2017
I have a certain sentimental attachment to this book, otherwise I would not have rated it as high as I did. I don't feel like adjusting my rating for the sake of objectivity, and instead think it would be best if I'm open about my bias and subjectivity.
To cut a long story short, The End of All Evil was lacking on an intellectual level. There's no nicer way to put it. It was the second book I ever read on libertarian philosophy, the first being Atlas Shrugged (which hardly convinced me, I have to say). Even then, I was not impressed by its argumentation, and thought it came across as the utopian rambling of a mad man. Still, it did one thing - one particular thing - very well: It taught me that the anarchocapitalist vision, of people living and working together without a state to direct and restrain them, was a good vision, not a dystopia in disguise. It wasn't until For a New Liberty (and months of pondering about it) that I took anarchocapitalism for anything more than a utopia, but I credit The End of All Evil for making this utopia sound good enough to make me think about the extent to which it might be realizable.
To cut a long story short, The End of All Evil was lacking on an intellectual level. There's no nicer way to put it. It was the second book I ever read on libertarian philosophy, the first being Atlas Shrugged (which hardly convinced me, I have to say). Even then, I was not impressed by its argumentation, and thought it came across as the utopian rambling of a mad man. Still, it did one thing - one particular thing - very well: It taught me that the anarchocapitalist vision, of people living and working together without a state to direct and restrain them, was a good vision, not a dystopia in disguise. It wasn't until For a New Liberty (and months of pondering about it) that I took anarchocapitalism for anything more than a utopia, but I credit The End of All Evil for making this utopia sound good enough to make me think about the extent to which it might be realizable.
January 13, 2014
Lesson: You are infinite!
April 24, 2018
*air horns*get woke*air horns* seriously get fucked evil. I love how this book shuts down everything. Like some Patrick Roy defending the net of freedom, swatting out all the lies and violence that would seek to score, Mr. Locke presents a very compelling case against Government and Culture. Sure sure, I laugh when Mark from Peep Show says, " It's only the miracle of consumer capitalism that means you're not lying in your own shit, dying at 43 with rotten teeth.", but now that is the sort of thing his uptight obedient self would espouse. Give me liberty or give me the ditch, I say. Alright well time now for me to solidify my plans to fake my own death in order to fall off the grid and truly live the life this book promotes. I'll leave you with this- "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Ben "Stay Woke" Franklin
-Ben "Stay Woke" Franklin
May 5, 2014
Best book I have read. This book explains why we live in such a evil world and explains what evil is.
January 16, 2026
Cercherò di non dilungarmi per evitare che la recensione sia più lunga del libro. Letto in italiano.
Un libro piuttosto breve che spiega molto bene l'importanza della libertà. Ma attenzione, la libertà quella vera, non la libertà posticcia dei social. La libertà di chi compie delle scelte in nome di essa, la libertà di chi lotta ogni giorno per difenderla. Soprattutto, la libertà di chi ha il coraggio di credere di avere un valore in quanto essere umano e non in quanto ingranaggio del meccanismo, quindi di ribellarsi al controllo, al conformismo, all'obbedienza. È spiegato molto bene il concetto di principio (libertà) e il concetto di legge (tirannia). Il problema, secondo me, è che le persone che amano la libertà "non da social" sono poche. Molto poche. Il problema è che la gente non vuole essere libera, e soprattutto non ha il coraggio. Viviamo in un mondo di schiavi del sistema, schiavi che chiedono mura sempre più spesse, autorità sempre più soffocanti, controlli sempre più stringenti. La gente non vuole decidere per sé, vuole seguire l'autorità e la massa, vuole costruirsi da sola la prigione che il potere ha costruito intorno a noi con grande sforzo e costanza per migliaia di anni, con il risultato che ora è impossibile uscirne, anche per gli spiriti liberi. Purtroppo la gente non capisce il potere di cui dispone, d'altronde il potere ha fatto un gran lavoro per evitare che le persone intuiscano il proprio potenziale: in caso contrario, l'autorità decade, il re è nudo. Il libro è stato pubblicato nel 2006, quindi qualche parte molto ingenua è perdonabile in una lettura nel 2026: all'epoca molti meccanismi che ora sono sdoganati da tempo erano solo agli albori e si poteva ancora avere un po' di speranza. Un esempio su tutti: la tecnologia. La parte del libro dedicata alla tecnologia è molto corretta in teoria, in pratica però l'autore non ha intravisto il fatto che la tecnologia non è una conquista dell'uomo, anzi, è soltanto una delle leve, forse la più potente, di cui il potere (governo e multinazionali, due facce della stessa medaglia) si è appropriato per perpetrare lo sfruttamento dell'uomo sull'uomo. Pensiamo a come siamo cresciuti noi negli anni 70-80-90: nella nostra infanzia lo strumento più forte di controllo delle masse era la televisione. Ed era effettivamente così, però adesso fa quasi tenerezza pensare al controllo che esercitava la televisione all'epoca e quello che fa adesso la tecnologia, soprattutto dopo l'avvento dell'IA (mi rifiuto di chiamarla intelligenza).
Quindi, vent'anni dopo, cosa ci resta? Spirito critico, senso del dubbio (questi sconosciuti, ormai) e, soprattutto, ancora un po' di libertà. Non è poco. Cerchiamo di non perdere quel briciolo che ci è rimasto e lottiamo ogni giorno per non farcelo togliere.
Un libro piuttosto breve che spiega molto bene l'importanza della libertà. Ma attenzione, la libertà quella vera, non la libertà posticcia dei social. La libertà di chi compie delle scelte in nome di essa, la libertà di chi lotta ogni giorno per difenderla. Soprattutto, la libertà di chi ha il coraggio di credere di avere un valore in quanto essere umano e non in quanto ingranaggio del meccanismo, quindi di ribellarsi al controllo, al conformismo, all'obbedienza. È spiegato molto bene il concetto di principio (libertà) e il concetto di legge (tirannia). Il problema, secondo me, è che le persone che amano la libertà "non da social" sono poche. Molto poche. Il problema è che la gente non vuole essere libera, e soprattutto non ha il coraggio. Viviamo in un mondo di schiavi del sistema, schiavi che chiedono mura sempre più spesse, autorità sempre più soffocanti, controlli sempre più stringenti. La gente non vuole decidere per sé, vuole seguire l'autorità e la massa, vuole costruirsi da sola la prigione che il potere ha costruito intorno a noi con grande sforzo e costanza per migliaia di anni, con il risultato che ora è impossibile uscirne, anche per gli spiriti liberi. Purtroppo la gente non capisce il potere di cui dispone, d'altronde il potere ha fatto un gran lavoro per evitare che le persone intuiscano il proprio potenziale: in caso contrario, l'autorità decade, il re è nudo. Il libro è stato pubblicato nel 2006, quindi qualche parte molto ingenua è perdonabile in una lettura nel 2026: all'epoca molti meccanismi che ora sono sdoganati da tempo erano solo agli albori e si poteva ancora avere un po' di speranza. Un esempio su tutti: la tecnologia. La parte del libro dedicata alla tecnologia è molto corretta in teoria, in pratica però l'autore non ha intravisto il fatto che la tecnologia non è una conquista dell'uomo, anzi, è soltanto una delle leve, forse la più potente, di cui il potere (governo e multinazionali, due facce della stessa medaglia) si è appropriato per perpetrare lo sfruttamento dell'uomo sull'uomo. Pensiamo a come siamo cresciuti noi negli anni 70-80-90: nella nostra infanzia lo strumento più forte di controllo delle masse era la televisione. Ed era effettivamente così, però adesso fa quasi tenerezza pensare al controllo che esercitava la televisione all'epoca e quello che fa adesso la tecnologia, soprattutto dopo l'avvento dell'IA (mi rifiuto di chiamarla intelligenza).
Quindi, vent'anni dopo, cosa ci resta? Spirito critico, senso del dubbio (questi sconosciuti, ormai) e, soprattutto, ancora un po' di libertà. Non è poco. Cerchiamo di non perdere quel briciolo che ci è rimasto e lottiamo ogni giorno per non farcelo togliere.
September 1, 2019
Brilliant in every way, but missing the elephant in the room. Until we see that not only we, but all living beings, have infinite worth and stop enslaving and violently abusing other species we ourselves will never be free. Will Tuttle in his book The World Peace Diet explains how when we live violently to other species and treat them as commodities whose lives and suffering don’t matter then out of this collective violent mindset, those most violent will rise to the top and violently enslave us, viewing us as we do animals and treating us the same way, using the exact same justifications for doing so that we use to justify not being vegan. Mark Passio echoes Jeremy Locke’s views in his own work and writing, but he’s also a proponent of natural law, which is simply ‘do not harm others for your own gain’. Or...natural law will ensure those who enslave are themselves enslaved. Reading Jeremy Locke’s works, understanding your own worth, refusing to be ruled by anyone else, is part of the work we must do. But respecting all others infinite worth and stopping our own violence and tyranny over other species is an essential transformation in consciousness we must make as a species, for the real End To All Evil.
January 20, 2014
A dictionary of beautiful concepts
October 27, 2016
One of the best books every. Beautifully simple and elegantly written. Only 90 odd pages thats sanitising, cleansing and life transforming.
August 29, 2022
Les constats m'apparaissent clairs, convaincants, évidents mais, encore une fois avec Atman (il n'est pas l'auteur ici mais à choisi de traduire et transmettre ), les "solutions" pour sortir du mal et devenir libres sont du flou, du vent et du vague...
Le mal à de beaux jours devant lui car la technogie, vue comme source de liberté, n'apporte pas la liberté au plus grand nombre, on le constate à chaque seconde par l'usage qui en est fait par l'immense majorité des gens ici et maintenant.
Quant à la glorification du "rêve" américain, c'est d'un risible (je suppose que ce Jeremy Locke est étasunien, s'il existe).
Bref, comme toujours avec C.C. Atman, je reste sur ma faim, et je suis déçue...
Le mal à de beaux jours devant lui car la technogie, vue comme source de liberté, n'apporte pas la liberté au plus grand nombre, on le constate à chaque seconde par l'usage qui en est fait par l'immense majorité des gens ici et maintenant.
Quant à la glorification du "rêve" américain, c'est d'un risible (je suppose que ce Jeremy Locke est étasunien, s'il existe).
Bref, comme toujours avec C.C. Atman, je reste sur ma faim, et je suis déçue...
March 9, 2021
I am so thankful this book is written. I have so much appreciation for the author. I feel this to be such an impact full book for me. It could free so many lives. Give the birthright of humanity its due. I am inspired to live even more freely. (I left Canada for Mexico during covid. For so many reasons. And many are highlighted in the book.) I left in between reading..... so the book has done a lot for me. I was blown away by so many of the words and passages.
Like true freedom, it's brilliantly simple and easy to understand.
Like true freedom, it's brilliantly simple and easy to understand.
November 24, 2025
This book has some interesting ideas, but takes a simplistic position.
It provides no tangible and viable alternative for where there is more than 1 person living in proximity to another.
I would like the author to detail how they propose a society could work without what they call "evil".
Now that would be valuable (if it could be done - no-one has succeeded yet AFAIK).
Also none of the internal psychological motivations for "evil" are explored - constructs like "Dark Triad" and "Dark Tetrad" really elucidate this topic.
It provides no tangible and viable alternative for where there is more than 1 person living in proximity to another.
I would like the author to detail how they propose a society could work without what they call "evil".
Now that would be valuable (if it could be done - no-one has succeeded yet AFAIK).
Also none of the internal psychological motivations for "evil" are explored - constructs like "Dark Triad" and "Dark Tetrad" really elucidate this topic.
July 4, 2018
This book is very informative and right to the point. There are so many great points made in this book regarding issues that are currently facing the world we live in. I highly recommend this to anyone.
May 24, 2021
Short, sweet and to the point. A quick read, but lasting knowledge and truth. Read until the end for a better understanding of how The US was meant to be.
Share with your friends and family. Everyone needs a better understanding of what real slavery looks like and to free their minds.
Share with your friends and family. Everyone needs a better understanding of what real slavery looks like and to free their minds.
November 2, 2023
Everyone should read this book. It provides insight on a lot of topics plaguing our world today. It is written in a simple way and is slightly redundant but I think it helps get the point of the book across. This book teaches only one lesson: You have infinite worth.
June 1, 2021
Essential reading for every human
April 4, 2022
Very simple to read, and the first 8 chapters are excellent. The last chapter is not great at pulling it all together, although that was the intention.
February 1, 2026
Idk coworker recommended it’s good maybe a bit repetitive
November 12, 2023
One of the best books I have read in a long time and highly recommended!
May 21, 2016
A must read for anyone seeking to reclaim their personal power and sovereignty. Great insights into the reality behind the matrix.
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February 23, 2019
Possibly the best book i have ever read and would say it should be a mandatory read for everyone. It may not be a long read but you will come away from it looking at the world and society in a different light to when you started it.
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