The State

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...money, a vehicle which has added surprising mobility and velocity to the political machine.

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Some may say: the reaction is an evil. And who could deny it? But are we not, and will we not at all times be in a state of ongoing reaction? Is the bourgeoisie likely to grant us a truce?

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The American Federation of Labor does not learn by experience. They recently held their annual convention, and they passed the same old stereotyped resolutions; they are going to petition Congress to restrict the power of the courts; that is to say, they are going to once more petition a capitalist Congress to restrict the power of capitalist courts. That is as if a flock of sheep were to petition a lot of wolves to extract their own fangs.

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Therefore neither the [Soviet] Russian nor the [Fascist] totalitarian system in general is determined by the character of the economy. On the contrary, it is the economy that is determined by the policy of the ruling power and subjected to the aims and purposes of this power.

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The law [is] always on the side of property...

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Like a national flag and a national airline, a national plan for economic growth is deemed an essential item in the paraphernalia of every new nation state.

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[Speaking of kings...] It is better that the people have bread.

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The primary object of political economy is the development of national wealth; but the object of all governments, since they began to bestow any attention on this subject, has been to participate in this wealth, and to acquire the disposal of a greater share of the nation's annual revenue.

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Free trade is looked at in both ways, being regarded partly as a freedom which may under certain circumstances be granted or withdrawn, partly as one which is to be held sacred under all circumstances.

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The evil to which this [tariff] monopoly gives rise might more properly be called misusury than usury, because it compels labor to pay, not exactly for the use of capital, but rather for the misuse of capital.

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April 11, 2020 : The State -- Added.

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