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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Back To The Constitution?

A great many Americans who are dissatisfied with various facets of America’s political system, laws, rights, and justice system think that a solution is somehow to go back to the original Constitution. They do not understand that the original Constitution is a major cause of the present woes and troubles. One man who recognized and explained this and related developments many years ago is Albert Jay Nock in his 1935 book, Our Enemy the State.

My intent in what follows is to present a few of Nock’s important ideas in brief statements. All occasional observations of my own are placed in brackets.

Every increase in State power necessarily accompanies a decrease in social power.

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1 comment:

Bush'man said...

...and every increase in social power results in decreased state power..which concludes in anarchy. There must be a balance and that balance is achieved by local representation..not a distant entrenched and "entitled" aristocracy.
Just saying...