The Machiavellians Book Summary & Analysis: Wishful Thinking v. Political Truth. Bird & Knight

by | Aug 31, 2021

… Since war and foreign policy provide the State with its easiest means of delusion and deception. Revisionist exposure on the foreign affairs front is the most important avenue of desanctification and delegitimation of the State apparatus and of State aggression.

Murray N. Rothbard
Libertarian Forum v. 2, pp. 639–40

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Keith Knight is Managing Editor at the Libertarian Institute, host of the Don't Tread on Anyone podcast and editor of The Voluntaryist Handbook: A Collection of Essays, Excerpts, and Quotes.

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