That is what the state says in order to get legitimacy, but it really just serves the interests of the structure of concentrated private power. Obamacare is a great example of this. Under the guise of being an attempt at universal health care, it caters to the pharmaceutical industry and the private insurance industry, neither of which have any interest in the health of the public or individual people. They create patients and seek to enable them to continue to be patients. Cures are bad for profit. The government is essential to the scheme.
I agree. So, what are the brass tack here? It all goes back to the leaderless band in sudden peril,.... for a thought puzzle. OK? Mind melt that one.
A band of humans, will have a leader, though there may be blood, right? Consider the decimated tribe, by natural causes. Someone has to lead.
In fact, all congregated mammal societies have a hierarchy.
You've been in the shit before, and your leaders put you there. But, let's un-ravel that back the dawn of thought.
If you are in the shit, someone has to lead, if any are to survive. Now I know the snuffies depend on each other, and each other depends on the Sarge. Above that is only trouble.
So, roll that back to the hunting band who's leader just lost it. 3 more saber cats have you all cut off and cornered. No time for the formal leader challenge fight.
But, in hierarchy, here is always a second, in capital standing, to look to, for "oh dear, now what?" The Instant shot caller. Us hunters fall to, deploy the breakout maneuver and roll up the threat.
I have always really wanted to ask you this, quite seriously.
Where does the State emerge from the Tribe which emerged from the leaderless hunting band?
What is that dividing line in your mind, in the history of us, if you care to think about it?