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title: ""And, indeed, what is the State anyway but organized banditry? What…"
date: 2020-07-04
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships updated his status.
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# "And, indeed, what is the State anyway but organized banditry? What…

*July 4, 2020 · Facebook*

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\"And, indeed, what is the State anyway but organized banditry? What is taxation but theft on a gigantic, unchecked, scale? What is war but mass murder on a scale impossible by private police forces? What is conscription but mass enslavement? Can anyone envision a private police force getting away with a tiny fraction of what States get away with, and do habitually, year after year, century after century?\"\
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---Murray Rothbard
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