minimizing the state, n.Definitions

Minimizing the state (n.) means ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠moving power out of the public arena — "to the people" in the rhetoric of power, to private tyrannies in fact.

Minimizing the state (n.) sounds ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠anarchist but means handing power to private tyrannies that are wholly unaccountable — which is why the ultra-right loves the slogan.