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LARGE PRINT EDITION More at LargePrintLiberty.com.
Frank Chodorov adored the work of Albert Jay Nock, particularly
Nock's writings on the State. And so Chodorov set out to do
something implausible: to rework the Nock book in his own style.
Rothbard wrote of this book: "Frank's final flowering was his last
ideological testament, the brilliantly written The Rise and Fall of
Society, published in 1959, at the age of 72." One reason it was
overlooked is that it appeared after the takeover of the American
right by statists and warmongers. The Old Right, of which Chodorov
was a last survivor, had died out, so there was no one to promote
this work. It is amazing that it was published at all. But thank
goodness it was
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Frank Chodorov was an extraordinary thinker and writer, and hugely
influential in the 1950s. This is his American classic that argues
that the income tax, more than any other legislative change in
American history, made it possible to violate individual rights
that were at the core of the founding. He argues that income taxes
are different from other forms because they deny the right of
private property and presume government control over all things.
The introduction is by former IRS commissioner J. Bracken Lee.
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What does one need to know about politics? In some ways, Nock has
summed it all up in this astonishing book, the influence of which
has grown every year since its publication. Nock was a prominent
essayist at the height of the New Deal. In 1935, hardly any public
intellectuals were making much sense at all. They pushed socialism.
They pushed fascism. Everyone had a plan. Hardly anyone considered
the possibility that the state was not fixing society but
destroying it bit by bit. And so Albert Jay Nock came forward to
write what needed to be written. And he ended up penning a classic
of American political commentary, one that absolutely must be read
by every student of economics and government. One realizes many
important points about Nock when reading this. First, he was
brilliant, original, and courageous. Second, he hated politics --
indeed he hated politics so much that he wanted a society that was
completely free of it. This is why he is often described as
anarchist. Third, he surely was one of the great stylists of the
English language in the history of 20th century writing. Those who
have read Nock know that there is something about his writing that
tugs very deeply on one's conscience and soul. This book will
linger in your mind as you read the daily headlines. He makes his
points so well that they become unforgettable.
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