Ron Paul: The Authoritarian Nation-State

This week Charles Goyette talks with Ron Paul on their weekly podcast about the increasing authoritarianism of the nation-state.  From mandating people’s decisions about medical treatment and insurance, to the clandestine gathering of private phone calls, and its deployment of special operations forces around the globe, the state’s heavy hand is everywhere.  And as we learned in the Bush years and again in the Bundy stand-off, the state has the audacity to tape off small, restricted areas that it designates as “free-speech zones.”