In this Episode of Classics of Liberty, Caleb O. Brown reads excerpts from Benjamin Tucker’s speech on the parasitic and inherently agressive nature of the state. Originally given to the Unitarian Ministers’ Institute in 1890, Tucker explores anarchism as a stark contrast to the violence and coerciveness of state power.Show Notes and Further ReadingBenjamin R. Tucker’s “The Relation of the State to the Individual”
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