How is that irrelevant when you ask > Why so? That's pretty much what the state does, it provides advantages for situations it wants to see happen more (tax br

How is that irrelevant when you ask > Why so? That's pretty much what the state does, it provides advantages for situations it wants to see happen more (tax breaks for instance, dispensations or fast tracks, direct monetary grants) and disadvantages for those it doesn't (fines and privation of liberty, mostly). Would you find replacing "the state" by "society" more palatable?