From your texts it is easy to see you are an american. Your whole view towards state seems to be just view about two-party system.
From your texts it is easy to see you are an american. Your whole view towards state seems to be just view about two-party system.
Not sure what you mean? My definition of the State comes from Max Weber and Franz Oppenheimer, two Germans; and they referred to the State as the group that has a territorial monopoly on violence. I didn't mention anything about a two party system? I believe all political parties are inherently corrupt.
Why I said that is because I find that your view towards state comes from applying your readings to your real life experiance from USA. Problem is that people in USA have lived very isolated for a long time, and I believe that you are a victim of this isolation too. It is maybe few years ago that I saw in the news that americans have started to buy foreign books (thriller, fantasy, etc...).
"and they referred to the State as the group that has a territorial monopoly on violence." Is territorial monopoly of violence in it self bad? I would't personally call state as "group", but I can't make up a clear definition at this moment, as I have been tired and little frustrated lately.
Well the USA started out as supposedly the smallest State and became the new Rome. I've experienced how much a strong State sucks out the marrow of society and people in the US have become the most brainwashed people on earth. So my experience has been beneficial in that regard.
Also, I've traveled to several countries in Europe, Asia, the Americas, and lived in Brazil for years. I don't have the narrow minded view you associate with most Americans, which I know is true for many of them. Though I've observed this just isn't Americans, some of the more developed Europeans and Asians I've met are pretty clueless about the other parts of the world and still use archaic cold-war terminology(Third world, the West, etc).
Of course, why should anybody or group have the power over others?
Others are just ideas/idea in your head. When you get a good idea, why should it have power over you? Why should your brains, a group of brain cells, have power over your arms? I see it "naturalI" (not wild nature natural) that more intelligent has power over others in similiar way as your brains have power over your body. I do agree that there is no "absolute power" in object and giving an object absolute power is "heresy", as it is denying "infinite process".