The State

The State
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 The State, the government, the supreme, the eternal
 The aggressor against the persons and property of the mass of the public
 All states, everywhere
 Whether democratic, dictatorial, or monarchical
 Whether red, white, blue or brown
 The State
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 For centuries the State has robbed people at bayonet point, and called it "taxation"
 For centuries the State has enslaved people into its armed battalions, and called it "conscription"
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 The State
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 The State
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 For centuries the State has robbed people at bayonet point, and called it "taxation"
 Coercion and violence by the direct threat of confiscation or imprisonment
 This is taxation
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 The State
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 For centuries the State has robbed people at bayonet point, and called it "taxation"
 For centuries the State has enslaved people into its armed battalions, and called it "conscription"
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 The State
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 The State