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This episode features excerpts from Benjamin Tucker’s 1890 speech on the parasitic and inherently aggressive nature of the state.
In this Episode of Classics of Liberty, Caleb O. Brown reads excerpts from Benjamin Tucker’s speech on the parasitic and inherently agressive nature of the state. Originally given to the Unitarian Ministers’ Institute in 1890, Tucker explores anarchism as a stark contrast to the violence and coerciveness of state power.
Show Notes and Further Reading
Benjamin R. Tucker’s “The Relation of the State to the Individual”
Caleb Brown was the director of multimedia at the Cato Institute and the host and executive producer of the Cato Daily Podcast. He hosted the Cato Daily Podcast from 2007–2025 and CatoAudio from 2008–2025.