And this is the Anarchistic definition of the State: the embodiment of the principle of invasion in an individual, or a band of individuals, assuming to act as representatives or masters of the entire people within a given area.

It does not signify the abolition of force-symbols but the application of force to real invaders. Tucker made his debut into radical circles 1876 when Heywood publiBenjamin Tuckerd Tucker's first ever English translation of Proudhon's classic work What is Property?. Ironically Carson has also noted that the heavy use of this new monopoly by the state may be grounds for optimism that Tucker was unaware of.