statism
Noun
Meaning
The art of governing a state; statecraft; policy.
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The CDA puts its philosophy between the " individualism " of the VVD and the " statism " of the PvdA.
The other is that collectivism is linked to statism and the diminution of freedom when political authority is used to advance collectivist goals.
Statism is the problem here, because statism is the melding of men, morality, market and monopoly on the use of force into a single blob.
It negates man's fundamental right—the right to life—and establishes the fundamental principle of statism: that a man's life belongs to the state, and the state may claim it by compelling him to sacrifice it in battle."
Thus, individualist anarchism was an alternative both to the increasing statism of the mainstream socialist movement, and to a classical liberal movement that was moving toward a mere apologetic for the power of big business."
Statism never bodes well —