• IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
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    15 days ago

    In order to create a stateless society, wouldn’t you first have to conquer all other states? Otherwise you still have a de facto state, whether you call it that or not.

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      15 days ago

      No. You wouldn’t first have to conquer all other states.

      What make a state exist in your society is the existence of violence, not the existence of other states.

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        15 days ago

        Ah, so you’ve invented your own definition of the word “state”. And if a “state” is defined by the mere existence of violence, than a stateless society is an impossibility.

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          15 days ago

          Ah, no, that in my comment is not a definition. You are misreading it.

          • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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            15 days ago

            You just defined it as such, right there… Or at least tried to?

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              14 days ago

              No, he said that a state exists because of violence.

              Definition: A human is a featherless bipedal Reasoning: Humans exist because of sex

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      15 days ago

      I guess in theory that’s where the socialist state comes in to transition from capitalism to communism