--- product_id: 18982807 title: "Life After the State: Why We Don't Need Government 1st Edition" brand: "dominic frisby" price: "S/.124" currency: PEN in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.pe/products/18982807-life-after-the-state-why-we-dont-need-government-1st store_origin: PE region: Peru --- # Life After the State: Why We Don't Need Government 1st Edition **Brand:** dominic frisby **Price:** S/.124 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Life After the State: Why We Don't Need Government 1st Edition by dominic frisby - **How much does it cost?** S/.124 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pe](https://www.desertcart.pe/products/18982807-life-after-the-state-why-we-dont-need-government-1st) ## Best For - dominic frisby enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted dominic frisby brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A fascinating reading. *by O***E on Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2016* I loved this book for several reasons. The most important, perhaps, is its universality, at least in the western sense of the expression. Dominic Frisby, the author, is an English comedian (apart from some some other things), that one day decided to learn everything about that monster which is the state. As I was doing my own way on that topic I decided to shorten the road and see what Frisby had to tell us. And I have to say that I decided that even though the reality for Frisby, mainly UK and the US, could be very different from mine, which is Chile's.Well, the good news is that in every single topic the coincidences ranking high. The cause is a little bit obvious since a country like mine doesn't influence the rest of the world --being "the world" Europe and the United States. In short: we copy. We copy everything. And that's why Frisby was right on the mark when he talked about health care, bureaucracies or tax systems. Everything that happens there, it happens here also. I could see and experience all the shortcomings and inefficiencies, to say the least, that the monster is always dropping over us, the citizens, no matter where they are or where they come from.The book is organized in four parts: I) The rise of the monster, II) Money and tax: why you'll never be one of the 1%, III) Pillars of the state, and IV) Towards life after the state.Every part is composed of several chapters that explain the history by telling stories, like that of the first chapter on Scotland, that helps to compound the big picture of this machinery that no one knows how to stop (that's the reason, I guess, behind the title, formulated like a big expectation). And so, the track follows though the money (what is, why is as it is, how it was in the past), the taxes, the health care system, the education, the laws, not to mention the wars and revolutions. And in so doing, Frisby is always proposing alternatives that doesn't flow out of the blue but from history, pure and simple. And it makes sense as long as the state --as Frisby shows-- has almost always arrived late to improve a problem that sometimes not even existed.It's hard to imagine a life after the state. It's an impossibility that takes the form of a Philip K. Dick novel. Not one of us, if it had the power to do it, would abolish the state. We are afraid of even think about it. But this book let you know that every time that private interests or dark guys with so much money in their wallets, are accused of fraud or collusion (you name it), behind that malignant guy, there's always the shadow of the state, rapid to accuse but very effective in avoiding to be accused. You can hang the bad guy but you'll never be able to hang the state even though this one is the worst of all.The book is not so somber as you could imagine because of what I've said. Frisby is sympathetic which I'm not. He's amusing and very interested in being understood. He puts it in this way: "As a comedian you quickly learn that if they don't understand, they don't laugh." In this book, Frisby tests his own recipe and makes you laugh. Really. What else could you do?Perhaps the only topic I missed was the history of the state, how it emerged, how it became what we see know, everyday and everywhere, how it did to stay here before we born and how it will do to follow here after we die. But for that topic there's a lot of books like the one by Francis Fukuyama,  The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution  and some others.In sum, this is a highly recommended reading together with Matt Ridley's "The evolution of everything" and "The rational optimist." I hope it will be an abundance of books like this later on available in bookstores and libraries. By now, they have a very small presence in them, so accustomed the state has us to his way and presence. I hope it will change. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A worth while read on the crime of government and how to correct it. *by A***H on Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2014* This book is a fully comprehensive review of the crimes that is part and parcel of any and all governments.It is a gathering force of information needed to unravel the Gordian knot that leads to the abuse of self serving and self sustaining government wasteful programs and sites ways and means to correct same.Some of the sentence structures are a bit hard to understand, but I would highly recommend it to any one who wants a free unfettered life style that we can pass on to our most precious children.Rest assured elected government officials WONT put these ideas into motion as it would be the end of their cushy artificial jobs.Only educated people who arm themselves with such information will be able to throw off the yoke of government waste.A very informative read. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Only a comedian can explain the system that it is based on money printing. *by P***S on Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2014* Very nice and thought provoking book.How goverment intervention twists even the best intented initiative.His points on education are most valid. We dont need no goverment to educate our children.His points are that the free market is dead when people and politicians alike do nothing more than lobby for legistation that makes rent seekers richer.I should suggest the reader to pay extra attention to rent seekers that excuse themselves for ecological reasons especially imaginary threats like climate change.Electricity is becoming a luxury in countries like germany that invest heavily on photovoltaics.However his arguments against goverment paid health care should be read with causion.Scandinavian countries that have a health based system with very big goverment inteventions have the highest life expentancy with the least cost.(At least compared to America and Britain)On health care it is very important factor who has highjacked the goverment, and if goverment and state beraucracy is accountable to laws or citizens or not to tell if a goverment paid health works. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pe/products/18982807-life-after-the-state-why-we-dont-need-government-1st](https://www.desertcart.pe/products/18982807-life-after-the-state-why-we-dont-need-government-1st) --- *Product available on Desertcart Peru* *Store origin: PE* *Last updated: 2026-04-22*