The American Revolutionaries Didn’t Need a Central Government. Neither Do We.

Tags: Anarchy, Antipolitics, Economic Freedom, Politics, U.S. History

08/17/2023 George Ford Smith

Rothbard on the American Revolution: “There was no particular need for the formal trappings and permanent investing of a centralized government, even for victory in war.”

Original Article: “The American Revolutionaries Didn’t Need a Central Government. Neither Do We.”

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