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| − | '''Statism''' is a political or economic position in which the role of the [[state]] is deemed to be | + | '''Statism''' is a political or economic position in which the role of the [[state]] is deemed to be paramount. This could - for example - manifest itself in directly state-controlled enterprises or economic planning directed by the [[government]]. |
| − | + | {{cquote|'''A statist system—whether of a communist, fascist, Nazi, socialist or “welfare” type—is based on the . . . government’s unlimited power, which means: on the rule of brute force. The differences among statist systems are only a matter of time and degree; the principle is the same. Under statism, the government is not a policeman, but a legalized criminal that holds the power to use physical force in any manner and for any purpose it pleases against legally disarmed, defenseless victims.''' | |
| − | ==Examples of Statist | + | '''Nothing can ever justify so monstrously evil a theory. Nothing can justify the horror, the brutality, the plunder, the destruction, the starvation, the slave-labor camps, the torture chambers, the wholesale slaughter of statist dictatorships. <small>-- “War and Peace,” |
| + | The Objectivist Newsletter, Oct. 1962, 44.''' <ref>[http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/statism.html The Objectivist Newsletter, Oct. 1962]</ref> </small> }} | ||
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| + | ==Examples of Statist Nations and Regimes == | ||
* [[People's Republic of China]] | * [[People's Republic of China]] | ||
* [[Venezuela]] | * [[Venezuela]] | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
| + | {{reflist}} | ||
Revision as of 21:52, March 2, 2010
Statism is a political or economic position in which the role of the state is deemed to be paramount. This could - for example - manifest itself in directly state-controlled enterprises or economic planning directed by the government.
| “ | A statist system—whether of a communist, fascist, Nazi, socialist or “welfare” type—is based on the . . . government’s unlimited power, which means: on the rule of brute force. The differences among statist systems are only a matter of time and degree; the principle is the same. Under statism, the government is not a policeman, but a legalized criminal that holds the power to use physical force in any manner and for any purpose it pleases against legally disarmed, defenseless victims.
Nothing can ever justify so monstrously evil a theory. Nothing can justify the horror, the brutality, the plunder, the destruction, the starvation, the slave-labor camps, the torture chambers, the wholesale slaughter of statist dictatorships. -- “War and Peace,” The Objectivist Newsletter, Oct. 1962, 44. [1] |
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Examples of Statist Nations and Regimes