abolish the state == maintain readiness to smack down any proto-state that forms in its absence, all while ensuring you do this...
abolish the state == maintain readiness to smack down any proto-state that forms in its absence, all while ensuring you do this without forming any kind of organisation that could be viewed as as state itself.
IMO “Organization that prevents other proto-states from forming in the same area” is a very good working definition of “state”.
I could easily envision “states” set up to prevent many drawbacks of more typical states (ex. polycentric law), but maybe whether one’s proposal still sounds appealing when phrased differently is a good test of whether it’s a meaningful proposal or just words strung together to sound appealing/radical.
IMO “Organization that prevents other proto-states from forming in the same area” is a very good working definition of “state”.
I like almost everything about this definition other than its circularity.