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Would life be better, would wealth be higher, would society be more just without a state? These questions about the desirability of anarchism have been one of the most fascinating topics in political philosophy. Anarchism, either in its classical leftist variant or in its libertarian variant, is the most radical answer to the evils of state authority such as war, massacres, genocides, tyranny, oppression and class exploitation. The lecture of Rummels’ book ‘Death by Government’ may make the quest for a society without a state quite relevant, as is pointed out that government was the most lethal factor during the twentieth century (Rummel,1996).
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Bouckaert, B.R.A. (2008). Anarchy, State and Somalia. In: Eger, T., Bigus, J., Ott, C., von Wangenheim, G. (eds) Internationalisierung des Rechts und seine ökonomische Analyse. Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8350-5582-7_52
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