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The only real argument they ever employed has been that, by means of the monopoly, the few holders of it were enabled to rob everybody else in the prices of their labor and property.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “The only real argument they ever employed has been that, by means of the monopoly, the few holders of it were enabled to…”
Editor's note · Context
He critiques the arguments made by advocates of money monopoly, claiming they are fundamentally unjust.
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