[lbo-talk] the state (was: WBAI scores with holocaust denalist's premium)

[Chris Doss]

--- 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! ;)

Nu, zayats, pogodi!

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