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		roughly 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Terence Tao: The role of small organizations in so... How is an entity with a monopoly on violence not the most powerful actor in the room? And in what way is administering the peace not constraining other actors?

rightbyte 3 months ago [–]

The state is not an entity except in a very abstract sense.

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