[lbo-talk] Democratic Communism

Michael Dawson -PSU mdawson at pdx.edu
Mon Nov 10 14:26:35 PST 2003


I think I know the difference between states and governments, thanks. In my world, governments are merely specific manifestations of personnel within states, and you can't have a government without a state. The state is the locus of the right to coerce others into compliance. I can't imagine that any government of any scale could function unless it was also a state. Reality is too complicated, and people and circumstances too diverse.

Meanwhile, whatever one thinks about this pie-in-the-future-sky, Carrol is hoping to wind up with a universally armed citizenry, without any overriding police presence? That's not quite my idea of the telos of human betterment... Sounds more like the OK Corral, without the sheriff.



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