We Have Two Distinct Types Of Political Organization To Take Into Account; And Clearly, Too, When Their Origins Are Considered, It Is Impossible To Make Out That The One Is A Mere Perversion Of The Other. Therefore When We Include Both Types Under A General Term Like Government, We Get Into Logical Difficulties; Difficulties Of Which Most Writers On The Subject Have Been More Or Less Vaguely Aware, But Which, Until Within The Last Half-century, None Of Them Has Tried To Resolve.

-Albert J. Nock

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We Have Two Distinct Types Of Political

Albert J. Nock

We Have Two Distinct Types Of Political Organization To Take Into Account; And Clearly, Too, When Their Origins Are Considered, It Is Impossible To Make Out That The One Is A Mere Perversion Of The Other. Therefore When We Include Both Types Under A General Term Like Government, We Get Into Logical Difficulties; Difficulties Of Which Most Writers On The Subject Have Been More Or Less Vaguely Aware, But Which, Until Within The Last Half-century, None Of Them Has Tried To Resolve.

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Government

Organization

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It Is Interesting To Observe That In The Year 1935 The Average Individual's Incurious Attitude Towards The Phenomenon Of The State Is Precisely What His Attitude Was Toward The Phenomenon Of The Church In The Year, Say, 1500. It Does Not Appear To Have Occurred To The Church-citizen Of That Day, Any More Than It Occurs To The State-citizen Of The Present, To Ask What Sort Of Institution It Was That Claimed His Allegiance.

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