Mises Daily
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Ludwig von Mises
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[An excerpt from Omnipotent Government: The Rise of Total State and Total War , originally published in 1944 by Yale University as the first full-scale examination of German-style National Socialism as a species of socialism in general.] 1. The Ancient Regime and Liberalism It is a fundamental mistake to believe that Nazism is a revival or a