Riots Are a Symptom of the Statist Disease

Tags: Big Government, Progressivism, The Police State

07/08/2025 Landen Terrell

President Trump cracked down on the latest version of the LA riots by calling in the National Guard. However, much of the violence that accompanied those riots came courtesy of government actors.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/riots-are-symptom-statist-disease

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