Out of Frame
About this show
Video essays that explore the intersection of art, culture, and big ideas written & produced by FEE's Director of Media, Sean W. Malone.
You Really DON'T Want to Live in The Last Kingdom
June 25, 2020
The Last Kingdom on Netflix is now in its fourth season and remains a pretty popular offering. But the life of the people it depicts is, well, “nasty, brutish and short.” Clearly, a lot has changed in the 1,100-plus years between the setting of the show and today.
But in the thousand years before the action of the show, very little had changed. So what made the difference?
Two things: respect for individual rights and limitations on governments.
Here’s how it happened.
CREDITS:
Produced by Sean W. Malone
Written by Jen Maffessanti & Sean W. Malone
Edited by Paul Nelson
Asst. Edited by Jason Reinhardt
LINKS:
--Important Documents--
- https://www.bl.uk/magna-carta/articles/magna-carta-english-translation
- https://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/england.asp
- https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights-transcript
- https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendment/amendment-xiii
- https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendment/amendment-xv
- https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendment/amendment-xix
- https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-78/pdf/STATUTE-78-Pg241.pdf
- https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/396/1218/
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-556_3204.pdf
--Individual Rights, Limited Government, and Why They Matter--
- https://fee.org/articles/john-locke-natural-rights-to-life-liberty-and-property/
- https://fee.org/articles/ideas-not-capital-enriched-the-world/
- https://fee.org/resources/the-law/
- https://fee.org/articles/rights-don-t-come-from-governments/
- https://fee.org/articles/why-it-matters-that-some-rights-are-inalienable/
- https://fee.org/articles/bastiat-knew-the-proper-limits-of-government-force/
- https://youtu.be/D2aYRDMVitQ
- https://fee.org/articles/the-rule-of-law-is-limited-by-the-size-of-government/
- https://fee.org/articles/the-wealth-of-everyone/
- https://blog.independent.org/2017/10/06/the-core-of-the-classical-liberal-tradition-adam-smiths-concept-of-justice/
- https://fee.org/articles/rights-and-non-rights-a-simple-way-to-distinguish-the-two/