The United States: A Hayekian Solution  Email Print  What do you
do with a state — a highly centralized and militarized state —
that has unconstrained hegemonic ambitions and is a proven
threat to its citizens and other nations around the world? This
is a question that has vexed liberally minded thinkers for
centuries. In particular, much to the sadness of any real
American, it is a question that many people at home and around
the world are asking about the United States, especially since
the election revealed explosive political divisions inside the
country.  After all, the US has aspired to be the sole
superpower, the arbiter of who does and does not have weapons
and under what conditions. Its militaristic campaigns are not
abating but spreading, and under pretenses that range from thin
to false. We live in a country where slightly-less-than-half is
bitterly opposed to the slightly-more-than-half who currently
control the levers of power and are determined to use them in
ways that are designed to teach the