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If you want to understand Rothbardianism, this is the "appropriate" order:
For a New Liberty (why state is fucking awful)
The Ethics of Liberty (how a stateless society
could work)
Both by Rothbard, available for free on mises.org
From there, you might want to read the "Myth of National Defense", edited by Hoppe, which clearly explains why private security is BETTER than state security. You might think "okay, well, we might have to settle with slightly worse practical outcomes to achieve moral perfection in society" but we would actually have better national defense in a free society! Especially local defense from criminals. Not to mention the fact that a free society will require high IQ people who are
From there, read whatever. If you want really good (Austrian) economics, you can read Man Economy and State: With Power and Markets, a ~1600 page purely economic treatise available for free, on Mises.org, by Rothbard
Feeling bored, you can read Walter Block's 492 page tome on libertarian roads, though his stuff on Libertarian environmentalism will be far more important if you want to make a case for an-capism to some faggy environmentalist
>Also, should i try to read some Locke or is that as dry and hard to get through as I'd imagine?
No idea, tbh, but the founding fathers thought he was pretty dank.