Wasserman has brought to light substantial archival material on the background of the Austrian school. But his conclusions are deeply flawed, as Wasserman is beyond his depth when he writes about theoretical issues.
In the 19th century, the common view of federal soldiers was "as slackers on the public dole" and people with "such a lazy life," as to be "certainly not worth their country's crying about."
The attack on the principles of the Rule of Law was part of the general movement away from liberalism which began about 1870. It came almost entirely from the intellectual leaders of the socialist movement.
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