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The state is composed of the institutions, elected and appointed officials bureaucrats, etc. The collective includes everything else. I'm a part of the collecti
by ses1984 6y ago
The 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.