State as parasite

State as parasite

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The concept of the state as parasite was espoused by Vladimir Lenin, anarcho-capitalists, and others.[1] The idea is that the state feeds on the labors of the people. Imperialism signified to Lenin the growth of a gigantic and parasitic state at the expense of individual and group autonomy.[2] In The State and Revolution, Lenin described the state's power as a "parasitic excrescence" and claimed that it would ultimately wither away.

[edit] 1 Related topics

* Starve the beast

[edit] 2 References

1. ^ http://www.strike-the-root.com/columns/Farmer/farmer7.html
2. ^ Harding, Neil. "Revolution in Russia", Leninism. Duke University Press, 83.

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