Our Enemy, The State

"There are two methods, or means, and only two, whereby man’s needs and desires can be satisfied. One is the production and exchange of wealth; this is the economic means. The other is the uncompensated appropriation of wealth produced by others; this is the political means."

–Albert Jay Nock, Our Enemy, The State

A colleague told me about the beautifully written and extraordinarily poignant work of writer and social commentator Albert Jay Nock. His anti-Statist masterpiece, Our Enemy, The State, should be on every American’s must-read list. Crafted in the 1930s largely as a reaction to FDR’s New Deal policies, Nock’s brilliant insights are more relevant today than they’ve ever been. I highly recommend this timeless and philosophically enriching tome.

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