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And being their tool for this gigantic robbery, it is equally their tool for all the lesser robberies, to which it is supposed that the people at large can be made to submit.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “And being their tool for this gigantic robbery, it is equally their tool for all the lesser robberies, to which it is…”
Editor's note · Context
He argues that the government acts as a tool for the money monopoly, facilitating broader acts of theft against the populace.
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