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They will hold on to it as long as they own and control governments as they do now.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “They will hold on to it as long as they own and control governments as they do now.”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner asserts that monopolists will retain their control over governments to maintain their money monopoly.
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