Gipper
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And yet you consistently refer to the State as if it was some powerful entity uncontrollable by man. The problem is that the people have become apathetic, and acquiesced their power to the State. The old saying "you cannot fight city hall" has become so ingrained in their psyche that they have given up the fight.
It is not that the "State" is so dangerous, it is the power that the people give to those who are the State that is the danger. Even in your anarchist State once one gains the advantage, whether it be by force, or by rule, then you have the same corruption. Jefferson proposed a "mini-State" form of government from which the concept of our States rights came. However, even there the States have given up much of their power in order to receive the "gratuity" offered by the Fed. Look at education if you will. The Fed offers only 8% of the education budget, yet now controls almost 100% of a schools activities, and curriculum.
If you want to strip the "State" of its power then you must return that power to the people, and only they can take it back.
You are not comprehending. The State is controlled by man, that is why it is so immoral, corrupt, and violent. The State is NOT controlled by the society. The power of the State, as we know today, is held by a few select individuals.
But I do agree that many Americans have become weak minded. They do what the State tells them and refuse to fight it.
Yes the people need to take the power away from the State. That is what anarchism is all about. This might help you...
Few political ideologies are as misunderstood as anarchism. Confusion is so widespread, in fact, that those ignorant of this intellectual tradition often use the word “anarchism” as a synonym for “chaos.”
In the libertarian tradition, however, the anarchist society is merely the society in which individuals are not governed by a state built on monopolized violence and coercion, but instead govern themselves through organizations into which they have entered voluntarily. Among such institutions can certainly be found churches, schools, families, professional associations, markets, and tribes.
Anarchists and others may debate the value of such institutions, but the libertarian anarchist does not by force oppose a person’s membership in any such institution or organization. What is opposed by the anarchist libertarian is the type of civil government known as “the state” which exercises a monopoly on the means of coercion. It is this monopoly, perhaps more than anything else, which characterizes the state, its lack of voluntary association, and its claim of a right to employ unchallenged force over all individuals who just happen to live within a certain geographical area.
Indeed, anarchists do not even necessarily oppose the use of coercion, for certainly a criminal who has stolen from someone else could rightly be forced to pay restitution.
http://mises.org/daily/6532/Who-Are-the-Real-Anarchists