Ethics of Liberty, Chapter 22: The Nature of the State

In this chapter, Rothbard describes government: The traits it possesses, and what those traits mean from an ethical standpoint.	この章でロスバードが政府の特徴とその特徴の倫理的な意味を述べる。
According to Rothbard, “The State may … be defined as that organization which possesses either or both (in actual fact, almost always both) of the following characteristics: (a) it acquires its revenue by physical coercion (taxation); and (b) it achieves a compulsory monopoly of force and of ultimate decision-making power over a given territorial area” (p. 172). So, “In a truly free society, a society where individual rights of person and property are maintained, the State, then, would necessarily cease to exist” (p. 173).	ロスバードによると、「政府は以下の特徴のいずれか（実際にほとんどいつも両方）を持つ組織です。その特徴は（Ａ）収入を強制で得る（税）、と（Ｂ）決定した領土で暴力と権威の強制的な独占を成し遂げる」（ｐ．１７２）。で、「自由な社会では、自身と所有の個人権利を維持する社会では、政府は必須に断絶する」（ｐ．１７３）。
… And there’s really nothing I can add to that.	。。。拙者には加えることはない。