The Anarchists answer that the abolition of the State will leave in existence a defensive association, resting no longer on a compulsory but on a voluntary basis, which will restrain invaders by any means that may prove necessary.

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.