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Bastiat did not take part in the anarchist vs minarchist debate (he arguably died too early for that); he seems to have considered State as something inevitable as far as immediate practical things matter, something that ought to be taken into account as long as it existed. He also explicitly deplored violent revolution as a way to get rid of governments. | Bastiat did not take part in the anarchist vs minarchist debate (he arguably died too early for that); he seems to have considered State as something inevitable as far as immediate practical things matter, something that ought to be taken into account as long as it existed. He also explicitly deplored violent revolution as a way to get rid of governments. | ||
Bastiat is the author of the [[satire|satirical]] document best known as the "[[Candlemakers' petition]]" which presents itself as a petition from candle-makers to the French government to block out the Sun to prevent its unfair competition with their products. | |||
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