Historical Origins of the State: Barbarians at the Gate
NOVANEWS
Part III of a Six Part Essay
By Arthur D. Robbins
War has indeed become perpetual and peace no longer even a fleeting wish nor a distant memory. We have become habituated to the rumblings of war and the steady drum beat of propaganda about war’s necessity and the noble motives that inspire it. We will close hospitals. We will close schools. We will close libraries and museums. We will sell off our parklands and water supply. People will sleep on the streets and go hungry. The war machine will go on.
What are we to do? The following text is Part III of a broader analysis entitled War and the State: Business as Usual.
Link to War and the State: Part 1
Link to War and the State: Part 2
The State is a modern invention. It was conceived in violence and has been true to...