Franz Oppenheimer explains in detail the manner in which the state seizes control of society, one stage at a time.
Franz Oppenheimer
Franz Oppenheimer (1864–1943) was a German-Jewish sociologist and political economist, best known for his work on the fundamental sociology of the state. His book The State: Its History and Development Viewed Sociologically was the prototype for Albert Jay Nock’s writing, for Frank Chodorov’s work, and even for the theoretical edifice that later became Rothbardianism.
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The history of primitive peoples shows that the desire to trade and barter is a universal human characteristic.
[Excerpted from chapter 1 of The State: Its History and Development Viewed Sociologically] One single force impels all life; one force developed it, from the single cell, the particle of albumen...
