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Anarchism Is Not the Path to Liberty

Anarchism Is Not the Path to Liberty

Though it is true that governments are the greatest danger to rights, liberties, and lives, anarchy — the absence of government — will not bring about increased safety and freedom. ...
Steve Byas
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The Holocaust. The Soviet Gulags. Christians fed to the lions during the days of the Roman Empire. All examples of government. Since at least the days of Nimrod and the biblical Tower of Babel, governments have been instruments of the cruelest of atrocities.

Even our own U.S. government has, at times, been responsible for all sorts of criminal behavior, including, in recent times, the infamous episodes at Ruby Ridge and Waco.

Most business owners’ experience with government, at all levels, is regularly unpleasant, with heavy-handed regulations, and seemingly never-ending forms that require their attention. Having to deal with a government bureaucrat — federal, state, or local — is usually a very unhappy experience for the average citizen.

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