Our Enemy, the State

Tags: Political Theory, Big Government, Media and Culture

09/03/2009 Albert Jay Nock

If we look beneath the surface of our public affairs, we can discern one fundamental fact, namely, a great redistribution of power between society and the State. This is the fact that interests the student of civilization, writes Albert Jay Nock (1870–1945).

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