How The State Thrives, How The State Fallshttp://mises.org/Community/blogs/brainpolice/archive/2007/12/15/how-the-state-thrives-how-the-state-falls.aspxForeward note: inspired in part by "The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse on Voluntary Servitude" by Eteinne De La Boetie . How the State Thrives How does the state maintain itself? It is true that to some extent all states initially deriveenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)