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Summary: Make history make sense - brilliant !
Review: Prof. Hoppe's brilliant book attacks the greatest sacred cow of our time: representative democracy. Hoppe's theory makes sense of the broad trends of the 20th century and identifies the root cause of our society's slow break-down: the democratic system which undermines civilization.
In response to "roGER" (who either didn't read the book or didn't understand it), Hoppe doesn't advocate monarchy, he just demonstrates that monarchy has a LESS de-civilizing effect than democracy. The ideal government is no government, and Hoppe clearly explains how private-property anarchy could work.
This is important work, a must-read for Libertarians and serious students of history, politics, and economics.
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Summary: Essential reading for anyone who calls himself a libertarian
Review: So you like "limited government," but think we need still the state to protect property rights and keep the peace? My thinking used to run along those lines, too, but Professor Hoppe's book put an end to any such statist ideas remaining in my mind. Drawing upon the work of Ludwig von Mises, Murray N. Rothbard, a tremendous amount of historical research, and his own original insights, Hoppe leaves the State without a leg to stand on. More thoroughly than any work that has come before, this book exposes the State as a criminal enterprise that is often at its most destructive--of prosperity, of families, and of culture--when it comes in the form of democracy.
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