--- Jim Devine <jdevine03 at gmail.com> wrote: The definition most used by Marxists is that of the non-Marxist Max Weber, which he partly derived from Leon Trotsky: "a state is a human community [a bunch of people] that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory. Note that "territory" is one of the characteristics of the state." (http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/xweb.htm) ---
Really? Weber got this from Trotsky? Peter, take note! ;)
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