▁uses ▁to ▁har sh ly ▁judge ▁the ▁early ▁state — ide als ▁like ▁equality ▁and ▁liberty — to ▁the ▁stability ▁and ▁prosper ity ▁that ▁states ▁make ▁possible . ▁Mo yn ▁also ▁thinks ▁Scott ▁fails ▁to ▁back ▁up ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁core ▁claims ▁in ▁the ▁book , ▁e . g . ▁" Sc ott ’ s ▁vague ▁suggestions ▁of ▁the ▁“ eg al itar ian ism ” ▁of ▁non state ▁pe op les — and ▁especially , ▁in ▁his ▁new ▁book , ▁of ▁our ▁hunting - and - g ather ing ▁ancest ors — are ▁never ▁seriously ▁def ended ." ▁ ▁Writing ▁in ▁the ▁libert arian ▁C ato ▁Journal , ▁Jason ▁K uz nick i ▁notes ▁that ▁Scott ' s ▁" high ly ▁un con vent ional " ▁account ▁" pro bably ▁reson ates ▁with ▁a ▁certain ▁stra in ▁of ▁libert arian , ▁even ▁as ▁it ▁inf uri ates ▁many ▁others ." ▁K uz nick i ▁ca utions ▁that ▁this ▁should ▁not ▁be ▁taken ▁to ▁imply ▁that ▁current - day ▁agricult ure ▁is ▁bad : ▁" But ▁our ▁belief ▁that ▁agricult ure ▁in ▁the ▁present ▁day ▁is ▁a ▁bless ing ▁to ▁hum ank ind , ▁which ▁und ou bt edly ▁it ▁is , ▁does ▁not ▁commit ▁us ▁to ▁ins isting ▁that ▁agricult ure , ▁in ▁all ▁its ▁forms , ▁in ▁all ▁times ▁and ▁places , ▁has ▁always ▁been ▁a ▁bo on ▁to ▁everyone . ▁Nor ▁does ▁the ▁view ▁that ▁agricult ure ▁began ▁as ▁a ▁cur se ▁commit ▁us ▁to ▁bel ieving ▁that ▁agricult ure