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Government is a gang, but not merely as meritorious as a private gang because it claims legal legitimacy. It pillages and uses violence but under the cover of law, and seeks legitimacy not through competition but through the myth of the social contract.
Government is a gang, but not merely as meritorious as a private gang because it claims legal legitimacy. It pillages and uses violence but under the cover of law, and seeks legitimacy not through competition but through the myth of the social contract.
Approximate author period: c. 1963 AD · modern
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- Jeffrey Tucker
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- Approximate author period: c. 1963 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Jeffrey Tucker: documented birth year 1963; activity date not established. Wikidata Q6176322, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6176322 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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