"The idea that The State is capable of solving social problems is now viewed with great skepticism—which foretells a coming change. As soon as skepticism is applied to the State, the State falls, since it fails at everything except increasing its power, and so can only survive on propaganda, which relies on unquestioning faith."
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Stefan Molyneux , “The Stateless Society: An Examination of Alternatives,” Mises.ca (The Ludwig Von Mises institute of Canada), (January 6, 2011)
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