Indecision 2012: Why the Calamity? (lewrockwell.com)
- Highlight Loc. 264-70 | Added on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 11:09 AM
It is often wondered how a society can defend itself against outside aggressors absent a centralized state providing such defense. I do not take the above quoted passage as the last word on this topic, (for example, Hoppe has edited a thorough book on the subject, "The Myth of National Defense") however an interesting idea is presented. Without a leader to defeat or co-opt, without central levers of command and control for the aggressor to assume, it becomes rather difficult for anyone to take power. This is quite an effective means of defense as it relates to an outside aggressor. In order to control, the aggressor must conquer one house at a time.
