Statism

Here's my take on the state issue. Regardless of how decentralized you intend for a state to be it will form under hostile conditions. Not all people of a region will recognize your state as legitimate. This issue here becomes a matter of influence; a state cannot exercise change under the conditions of constant hostility. A state will then seek to preserve itself to continue to function. This self preservation is a problem as it will inherently become a more centralized form in the process. Once centralization begins it will be difficult to stop especially with support rallied behind it. It then becomes a cycle ever unbroken.

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