Murray Rothbard Quote on Equality and Power

„Behind the honeyed but patently absurd pleas for equality is a ruthless drive for placing themselves (the elites) at the top of a new hierarchy of power.“

Murray RothbardMurray Rothbard critiques the rhetoric of equality and warns of elites seeking to establish a new hierarchy of power.
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Murray Rothbard was an American economist, historian, and political philosopher known for his contributions to libertarian theory and anarcho-capitalism.

Rothbard criticizes the political rhetoric of equality, portraying it as a drive toward a new concentration of power.


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Murray Rothbard quote about equality and the pursuit of power

Murray Newton Rothbard (1926–1995) was an American economist, historian, and political philosopher considered one of the leading figures in anarcho-capitalism and the libertarian movement. He was a prominent critic of government intervention in economy and society and authored numerous influential works on free market economics, monetary theory, and political philosophy.

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"The diversity of mankind is a basic postulate of our knowledge of human beings. But if mankind is diverse and individuated, then how can anyone propose equality as an ideal? Every year, scholars hold Conferences on Equality and call for greater equality, and no one challenges the basic tenet. But what justification can equality find in the nature of man? If each individual is unique, how else can he be made 'equal' to others than by destroying most of what is human in him and reducing human society to the mindless uniformity of the ant heap?" Murray Rothbard
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"Rule by the statist elite is not benign or simply a matter of who happens to be in office: it is rule by a growing army of leeches and parasites battening off the income and wealth of hard-working Americans, destroying their property, corrupting their customs and institutions, sneering at their religion." Murray Rothbard
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