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#807 Raymond Craib - Adventure Capitalism: A History of Libertarian Exit, from the Era of Decolonization to the Digital Age

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The Role of the State in a Capitalist System

LZ Granderson: Is it really possible to divorce, let's say a capitalist system from a state? He says for capitalism to operate normally, it needs a state and big bureaucratic system. The common refrain from most of the libertarians is the minimalist state or night watchmen state, he says. LZ: This kind of fantasy about an utterly or totally privatized state is very problematic.

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