Book description
When someone looks out at the world and sees all manner of suffering and injustice, stretching back for thousands of years and continuing today, he invariably blames such problems on someone else's hatred, greed, or stupidity. Rarely will someone consider the possibility that his own belief system is the cause…
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Why read it?
1 author picked The Most Dangerous Superstition as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book is not for the faint of heart: it challenges deeply held assumptions about government that many of us have had since childhood.
Larken Rose critiques the basic role of “authority” in society and shows its moral and philosophical flaws. I’ve heard from so many readers that this book caused a paradigm shift in the way that they view government. There are certain concepts that you can’t “unhear” after you encounter them…and you’ll find many such ideas in this book.
I can say this from personal experience!
From Mark's list on libertarian politics and economics.
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