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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State | ||
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* Harold Barclay: The [[State]]. London: Freedom Press, 2003. ISBN 1904491006 | |||
"The state is neither an inevitable, nor natural, phenomenon, but the creation of despots. Its history is a history of power, wealth and tyranny. The immortality of the state is the greatest myth of our society. Anthropologist Harold Barclay explains how a powerful elite has hijacked control of society. Through control of agriculture, warfare, trade, labor and other resources the state has seized complete power. Do we really need the state or should we organize society ourselves?" | |||
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[[Category:P2P State Approaches]] | [[Category:P2P State Approaches]] | ||
Revision as of 07:04, 11 September 2011
Concept
Tenative Definition
A state is an association of individuals that claims a certain amount of sovereignty over the property those collective individuals occupy. In this way we see a shared private property estate operated as a corporation or organization or enterprise is very similar.
The Book
- Harold Barclay: The State. London: Freedom Press, 2003. ISBN 1904491006
"The state is neither an inevitable, nor natural, phenomenon, but the creation of despots. Its history is a history of power, wealth and tyranny. The immortality of the state is the greatest myth of our society. Anthropologist Harold Barclay explains how a powerful elite has hijacked control of society. Through control of agriculture, warfare, trade, labor and other resources the state has seized complete power. Do we really need the state or should we organize society ourselves?"