Read the full article which is published on Philosophy Bits (external link)“The state is force, nay it is the silly parading of force… However many pains it may take, it cannot conceal the fact that it is the legal maimer of our will, the constant negation of our liberty. Even when it commands good, it makes this valueless by commanding it, for every command slaps liberty in the face.”
— Mikhail Bakunin, God and the State
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