There are states where there are herds.  A state is defined by two unique schemes.  The state has ultimate decision making over a territory.  It has the power to tax over that area too.  You can provoke a conflict and tell people what you’ll charge to settle that conflict. What a magnificent position to be in. This is why Bastiat referred to it as the great fiction, and Nietzsche referred to it as the new idol and the coldest of all cold monsters. 

It’s easy to see why someone would want to be in this position.  It’s much more difficult to see why people would accept this as just.  This is an extraordinary position to be in.  They’ll do everything they can to maintain this.  One can’t maintain this position by force alone for the long haul.  Ultimately, this position rests on public opinion.  The herd can only be brought to acceptance if they are issued ideas by authority figures and cliché makers.

They are destroyers.  Many may believe one or another policy is bad.  The destroyers make them believe this is some accident—this is the error theory of government.  In order to accomplish this, all educational institutions must be controlled by the state.  The destroyers may even know what they are saying is false.  As Hoppe said, “one might be out of work and may have to try one’s hands at the mechanics of gas pump operation.”  So, they must go along with this charade.

It’s not surprising that so called free market intellectuals are statists—they are destroyers.  The overwhelming majority of people are not statists.  They have lives of their own.  They have jobs and families.  They don’t think about these issues very deeply.  However, they are fed ideas their entire lives.  Considering that the educational institutions are controlled by the state, these issues never come up for serious discussion.  The issues are taboo and unquestionable.

The state has created a herd.  I understand not everyone wants to read long treatises.  It’s the task of a few to make these issues palatable to the masses.  Short articles like this one, every other article on my website, and my book can help clear up many issues.  Lies and contradictions overrun the educational institutions and the media.  Avoid these at all costs, “Sick are they always, they vomit their bile and call it a newspaper.”  The message must be countered.

References

Hans-Hermann Hoppe; The Great Fiction

Friedrich Nietzsche; Thus Spoke Zarathustra