# The State Is Coming for Your Roomba

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Podcast: [Audio Mises Wire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/audio-mises-wire-1133748)
Published: 2026-08-31T18:19:02+00:00
Episode link: https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/state-coming-your-roomba
Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.mises.org/2026-08/mises-145818_20260831.mp3
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## Resource

Not even your Roomba vacuum cleaner is safe from state control. Time for the state to give up all economic controls across the board. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/state-coming-your-roomba

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