[Elyse]

If you are implying that a minarchist isn’t a statist, then you take my breath away. A minarchist might believe in giving minimal power to the State, but nonetheless, they would give power to the central government to control “we, the People” under the moral based laws that they deem necessary. They might not be anarchist, but they are moral statists - minimal moral statists, if that makes you feel better.

[ConservingFreedom]

A minarchist might believe in giving minimal power to the State, but nonetheless, they would give power to the central government to control “we, the People” under the moral based laws that they deem necessary. They might not be anarchist, but they are moral statists

Laughable nonsense. Here is the definition of statism, from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/statism:

statism
noun
1. the principle or policy of concentrating extensive economic, political, and related controls in the state at the cost of individual liberty.

"Extensive" is very different from "minimal."