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“The great non sequitur committed by defenders of the State, is to leap from the necessity of society to the necessity of the State.” quote by Murray Rothbard — Download Open image

“The great non sequitur committed by defenders of the State, is to leap from the necessity of society to the necessity of the State.”

Murray Rothbard

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We must therefore turn to history for enlightenment; here we find that none of the proclaimed anarchist groups correspond to the libertarian position, that even the best of them have unrealistic and socialistic elements in their doctrines. Furthermore, we find that all of the current anarchists are irrational collectivists, and therefore at opposite poles from our position. We must therefore…

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