What is State and How to Make it Accountable

The state is man-made—it must be regulated

Let us begin by unlearning what the state is not. The state is not a mythical Leviathan born of fear and fire. It is not a monolith towering above its people, immutable and untouchable. It is not the divine property of kings, generals, or clerics. And it is not the natural inheritance of any one race, religion, family, or faction. The state—every inch o…