Marcy,
Your point about not hating is well taken.
How about "intense dislike?"
Warm regards, Michael
Yeah, I can go for "intense dislike."
Marcy
Marcy,
I think we can hate The State as an institution, without hating any individual person. I agree the latter is best avoided.
To the extent that the LP or any other libertarian party may be serving as an "engine of the state", we are doing something wrong and need to change our approach and rethink any artificial limits we may have placed on our understanding of what "a political party" can be!
Love & Liberty,
((( starchild )))
P.S. - Thanks for posting the article, Michael. Murray Rothbard was brilliant; I sure wish we still had him with us today.
Hi Starchild,
(MyIPad quit on me and my response disappeared, so you might be getting my response twice). I have never subscribed to the idea that The State is a disembodied entity, since The State is made up of people like you and me, only much more ambitious. I suppose a comparison with viewing The State as a separate entity would be School. One could say "I hate School!". But I submit that as in the case of "I hate The State," we are not accomplishing much (other than venting), by failing to deal with the people who run the schools.
Yes, we can interpret the words "Political Party" to mean whatever we want, or use the institution in whatever manner we wish. However, the words at present serve to describe engines by which The State is fed candidates, who if elected compose The State.
Marcy