"one consisting of those who, in reality, pay the taxes, and, of course, bear exclusively the"

by Freddy Grant Published 3 years ago Updated 2 years ago 7 min read

The Nature of The State

(Listen to the MP3) So far in this book, we have developed a theory of liberty and property rights, and have outlined the legal code that would be necessary to defend those rights. What of government, the State? What is its proper role, if any? Most people, including most political theorists, believe that once one concedes the importance, or even t...

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The Inner Contradictions of The State

(Listen to the MP3) A major problem with discussions of the necessity of government is the fact that all such discussions necessarily take place within a context of centuries of State existence and State rule — rule to which the public has become habituated. The wry coupling of the twin certainties in the popular motto "death and taxes" demonstrates that the public has resigned itse…

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The Moral Status of Relations to The State

(Listen to the MP3) If the State, then, is a vast engine of institutionalized crime and aggression, the "organization of the political means" to wealth, then this means that the State is a criminal organization, and that therefore its moral status is radically different from any of the just property-owners that we have been discussing in this volume. And this means that the moral status of co…

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on Relations Between States

(Listen to the MP3) Each state has an assumed monopoly of force over a given territorial area, the areas varying in size in accordance with different historical conditions. Foreign policy, or foreign relations, may be defined as the relationship between any particular State, A, and other States, B, C, D, and the inhabitants living under those States. In the ideal moral world, no States would exis…

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