The Pro-War Roots of Progressivism

by | Dec 1, 2024

What makes government a unique institution in society is its widely recognized right to achieve its ends via threats of violence against nonaggressors.

This is why you would go to jail for trying to “tax” someone’s income, or if you attempted to “regulate” the commercial interactions of strangers, or “declared war” on one of your foes.

– Keith Knight, Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism

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Keith Knight

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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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