The Anatomy of the State LvMI edition by Murray N Rothbard Politics Social Sciences eBooks
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In the 20th century Murray Rothbard was known as the state's greatest living enemy, and The Anatomy of the State is his most succinct and powerful statement on the topic, a daring evidence of how he came to wear that designation proudly.
He explains what a state is and what it is not. He shows how it is an institution that purports to hold the right to violate all that we otherwise hold as honest and moral, and how it operates under a false cover now and always. He shows how the state wrecks freedom, destroys civilization, and threatens all lives and property and social well-being.
The essay is seminal in another respect. Here Rothbard binds together the cause of private-property capitalism with anarchist politics — truly the first thinker in the history of the world to fully forge the perspective that later came to be known as anarchocapitalism.
He took all that he had learned from the Misesian tradition and the liberal tradition and the anarchist tradition to put together what is really a new and highly systematic way of thinking about the entire subject of political economy and social thought.
Understanding his point of view has the effect on the reader of putting things together in a way that profoundly changes the way one sees the world.
And Rothbard explains all of this in a very short space — short enough to be read again and again as an inoculation against the creeping disease of statism.
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The Anatomy of the State LvMI edition by Murray N Rothbard Politics Social Sciences eBooks
We may test the hypothesis that the State is largely interested in protecting itself rather than its subjects by asking: which category of crimes does the State pursue and punish most intensely—those against private citizens or those against itself? The gravest crimes in the State’s lexicon are almost invariably not invasions of private personor property, but dangers to its own contentment, for example, treason, desertion of a soldier to the enemy, failure to register for the draft, subversion and subversive conspiracy, assassination of rulers and such economic crimes against the State as counterfeiting its money or evasion of its income tax. Or compare the degree of zeal devoted to pursuing the man who assaults a policeman, with the attention that the State pays to the assault of an ordinary citizen. Yet, curiously, the State’s openly assigned priority to its own defense against the public strikes few people as inconsistent with its presumed raison d’etre.Product details
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The Anatomy of the State LvMI edition by Murray N Rothbard Politics Social Sciences eBooks Reviews
In this day and age of the deep state, we all begin to wonder what it is all about.
Mr. Rothbard starts with fundamentals and shows us where we need the state, AND WHERE WE DON'T NEED IT. Individual freedom for all is the objective. It starts with the individual.
Each individual works to supply himself and his family. Without government at all levels taking huge chunks of each individual's wealth, we could all happily supply ourselves. The government cannot give to any person except what it has first stolen from others i.e. taxed. Who knows what great things we might have if the government had not stepped in front and taxed. Even items like roads could be worked out without government -- if the government had not stepped in front and seized OUR wealth.
There is plenty to think about in this short book.
You think your president really, truly represents you and has your best interests in mind? You think that by voting you make a difference? You think that the government should take care of the economy, health care, and every possible aspect of your life? If so, think again or you will be in for a big surprise if you haven't realized it as of now. If you already had intuitions about the parasitic, and fundamentally flawed nature of government but still couldn't grasp it in its horrific totality then this is the book you need to read.
Murray Rothbard came to me, or I came to him after years of admiring and following Ron Paul's speeches and ideas. After reading anatomy of the state and other works from Rothbard, now I see where many of Ron Paul's ideas originate. They come from Rothbard, and Rothbard's ideas, at the same time, originate in Mises' interpretation of life in the world throughout the lens of Austrian Economics and individualism.
If you identify yourself with Ron Paul, libertarianism, individualism and classical liberalism, then this is a book you need to read to know what we, as a civilization, are currently facing in the form of tyrannical governments, corrupt politicians and despotic ruling elites. Rothbard deconstructs many of those vague ideas and uncertain images we have about how things are and how things should be, to provide us with, instead, a very clear target of what's wrong in this world and how we can respond to those who threaten our freedom to think, do, and be.
I highly recommend this book. But be warned, if you decide to go ahead and read it, your views on humanity and your own perspective of reality will be forever changed and there will be no coming back. And that, in this case, will always be good news, as keeping things the way we are will doom us all eventually,
I am someone who is skeptical of the state and convinced that the state is far more interested in itself and those who are a part of the state than of the governed. This book confirms that view and points out how hard the state works to eliminate restraints put upon it and the propensity of the state to expand its powers. Along the way, the state and the governors give no thought to the governed except to evaluate how people will vote.
I will interject current politics here. It appears the Obama not only abstained on the UN vote on the Israeli settlements, but after the resolution was pulled by Egypt, he manipulated some other countries to resurrect the bill so he could make sure the resolution would pass. Did Obama do that when there was a chance he could be punished by voters? Of course not. He waited until after the election so he could get his wishes with no personal repercussions. Did Obama care what the governed thought? Of course not. This is a prime example of how Rothbard views the state and the people who run the government.
This book is for anyone who is skeptical of the state no matter what the form of government may be.
Murray Rothbard is considered by many of his devout followers the father of Libertarianism. This short read (only about 55 pages) dissects the role of the state and its intended purpose in the eyes of the author. As someone who has been both influenced and intrigued by the Libertarian ideology, I felt this was certainly a book I had to read. Most people outside of Libertarian circles would find this book quite extreme and I can understand why. However, from a 40,000 ft view and looking at history as a credible example, it is quite shocking to see how many people have been killed and exterminated through forced state actions such as war, domestic police and military brutality, as well as seizure of economic resources at the hands of the state. I am still finding my way when it comes to what the role of the state should be if any. I do find either extremes of total state control or no state control very worrying though.
We may test the hypothesis that the State is largely interested in protecting itself rather than its subjects by asking which category of crimes does the State pursue and punish most intensely—those against private citizens or those against itself? The gravest crimes in the State’s lexicon are almost invariably not invasions of private personor property, but dangers to its own contentment, for example, treason, desertion of a soldier to the enemy, failure to register for the draft, subversion and subversive conspiracy, assassination of rulers and such economic crimes against the State as counterfeiting its money or evasion of its income tax. Or compare the degree of zeal devoted to pursuing the man who assaults a policeman, with the attention that the State pays to the assault of an ordinary citizen. Yet, curiously, the State’s openly assigned priority to its own defense against the public strikes few people as inconsistent with its presumed raison d’etre.
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