Mises Daily
Author:
Jarret B. Wollstein
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[Excerpted from chapter 2 of Society Without Coercion , 1969] Government is, by definition, a “social monopoly of force.” The greatest instrumentalities of force which have ever been assembled, the police forces and armies of the world, are at the disposal of governments. With these great agencies of force at their disposal, the potential ability