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minus-squarenjm1314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·15 days agoThis boy’s never heard of the British East India Company
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·14 days ago British East India Company That is a state
minus-squarenjm1314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoIn that corporations can gain so much power there’s no difference between them and a state?
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·14 days agoAny entity with a monopoly on violence is a state, or an agent of a state.
This boy’s never heard of the British East India Company
Or the VOC
That is a state
In that corporations can gain so much power there’s no difference between them and a state?
Any entity with a monopoly on violence is a state, or an agent of a state.
Well that’s simply absurd.
What is a state then?