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I'm not a philosopher nor a political scientist, I'm not making a technical argument. Are you asking about the inter change ability of the state and collective
by ses1984 6y ago
I'm not a philosopher nor a political scientist, I'm not making a technical argument.
Are you asking about the inter change ability of the state and collective?
Did George Floyd benefit as much from the apparatus of government as Donald Trump? That's the difference between the state and the collective in my mind.
Or are you asking about inter change ability of individual and collective? I think it's pretty obvious...
- throwaway_pdp09 6y agoI guess I was unclear. > ...the state and the collective aren't the same thing What's the difference? How in your view do they differ?
- ses1984 6y agoThe state is composed of the institutions, elected and appointed officials bureaucrats, etc. The collective includes everything else. I'm a part of the collective. I'm not a part of the state.
- throwaway_pdp09 6y agoOh, ok. I treated them as synonymous. I can see how "the state" could mean its formal structures only, but I included everyone in it. I'll mind the distinction more carefully now.