https://tomwoods.com/ep-1920-what-the-state-is-minus-the-cutesy-myths/ We’ve been raised to think of the state as a social service agency, or as the institution through which we govern ourselves, or any of a variety of comforting myths about what the state really is. In this episode we drop the cutesy propaganda and get down to reality. Essay Discussed “Anatomy of the State,” by Murray N. Rothbard