The english term "statist" derives from Mises's use of the words "étatist/ism" and "statist/ism". Mises used the term roughly to describe the opponents of laissez faire.
While I do not defend any unspecified "go[ing] on about 'statists'", I think the word "statist" is useful, describes something worthy of disapprobation, and I think it worthwhile to decry statist ideology at length when necessary. Of course, Jan Lester has pointed out that libertarian anarchists are actually probably the opposite of fascists, since one can invert Mussolini's definition of fascism to come up with a very clear statement of anarchism: Nothing in the state, everything against the state, everything outside the state. Gotta love it. Gil Guillory, P.E. Process Design and Project Engineering KBR, KT-3131B email [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone 713-753-2724(w) or 281-362-8061(h) or 281-620-6995(m) fax 713-753-3508 or 713-753-5353 > -----Original Message----- > From: john hull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > No. Although when you go on about "statists" you do > sound a little like Marxists when they go on about "captialists". :)
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