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>Of all the numerous forms that governments have taken over the centuries, of all the concepts and institutions that have been tried, none has succeeded in keeping the State in check. The problem of the State is evidently as far from solution as ever. Perhaps new paths of inquiry must be explored, if the successful, final solution of the State question is ever to be attained.
What did he mean by this?

>> No.15313458

>>15313440
He meant the state is a nigger.

>> No.15313470
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>state bad

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>>15313470
sorry, posted the wrong pic

>> No.15313497

>>15313482
Yes, because gigachad would be the state and he also would mock the notion.

>> No.15313546

>>15313440
Wait, he wants a government that will keep the state in check?

>> No.15313567

>>15313440
>[[[final solution of the State question]]]

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>>15313546

No. Read his late essay "Nations by Consent", which was published in 1994, to get a better sense of what he envisions.

https://mises.org/library/nations-consent

>In sum, if we proceed with the decomposition and decentralization of the modern centralizing and coercive nation-state, deconstructing that state into constituent nationalities and neighborhoods, we shall at one and the same time reduce the scope of government power, the scope and importance of voting and the extent of social conflict. The scope of private contract, and of voluntary consent, will be enhanced, and the brutal and repressive state will be gradually dissolved into a harmonious and increasingly prosperous social order.

The only way out is for groups within states to push for autonomy. This doesn't require the intervention of a strong central power.