The illegitimate use of a state by economic interests for their own ends is based upon a preexisting illegitimate power of the state to enrich some persons at the expense of others. Eliminate (bold) that (unbold) illegitimate power of giving differential economic benefits and you eliminate or drastically restrict the motive for wanting political influence.
— Robert Nozick, Anarchy, State, and Utopia [1974] |
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August 22, 2022
America’s Perpetual Foreign-Policy Crises
Ever since the federal government was converted from a limited-government republic to a national-security state after World War II, America has lived under a system of ongoing, never-ending, perpetual foreign-policy crises. That’s not a coincidence. The national-security establishment — i.e. the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA — need such crises to justify their continued existence and their ever-growing taxpayer-funded largess. An … |
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