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The Voluntaryist Handbook with Keith Knight (WiM352)

The "What is Money?" Show

CHAPTER

The Falsehood of the State

The reason they lie so frequently, I came across this thesis from a 1928 book by Arthur Ponsonby titled Falsehood in War Time. He says all the countries lied to their populations after the First World War. They always lie because they have to justify this totally irrational power grab that they otherwise wouldn't be able to justify if they told you the reality of the situation. All of the lies have to occur simply because the truth is not going torouse the passions of the feeble minded like they'd like to.

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