State as parasite

State as parasite

AfDM|page=Parasitic state|date=2008 August 24|substed=yes The concept of the state as parasite was espoused by Vladimir Lenin, anarcho-capitalists, and others. [http://www.strike-the-root.com/columns/Farmer/farmer7.html] 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. [cite book|title=Leninism|chapter=Revolution in Russia|author=Harding, Neil|pages=83|publisher=Duke University Press] In "The State and Revolution", Lenin described the state's power as a "parasitic excrescence" and claimed that it would ultimately wither away.

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