Even if you want no state, or a minimal state, then you sti… - Kim Stanley Robinson

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Even if you want no state, or a minimal state, then you still have to argue it point by point. Especially since most minimalists want to keep exactly the economic and police system that keeps them privileged. That’s libertarians for you—anarchists who want police protection from their slaves.

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Kim Stanley Robinson (born 23 March 1952) is a science fiction novelist most famous for his Mars trilogy.

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