John CC on Nostr: "Amidst the flux of expansion or contraction, the State always makes sure that it ...
"Amidst the flux of expansion or contraction, the State always
makes sure that it seizes and retains certain crucial “command
posts” of the economy and society. Among these command
posts are a monopoly of violence, monopoly of the ultimate
judicial power, the channels of communication and transportation (post office, roads, rivers, air routes), irrigated water in
Oriental despotisms, and education—to mold the opinions of
its future citizens. In the modern economy, money is the critical command post."
#rothbard Anatomy of the State
makes sure that it seizes and retains certain crucial “command
posts” of the economy and society. Among these command
posts are a monopoly of violence, monopoly of the ultimate
judicial power, the channels of communication and transportation (post office, roads, rivers, air routes), irrigated water in
Oriental despotisms, and education—to mold the opinions of
its future citizens. In the modern economy, money is the critical command post."
#rothbard Anatomy of the State