Greer detectives have officially ruled the fatal shooting of Jonathan Gilbert Kraemer as an act of self-defense after evidence showed Kraemer brandished a knife during an argument outside Ollie’s Tavern. No criminal charges will be pursued against Maven Martin, who discharged the firearm in response to the immediate threat. LISTEN…

This article was originally published by Thiago V. S. Coelho at The Mises Institute. As Étienne de la Boétie pointed out, the state is absolutely dependent on ideological support, without which it could not even command an army to force obedience from the public. Rothbard’s Anatomy of the State points out that the state acquires…