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by iopq 4679 days ago
a state has to: 1) tax people who live there 2) threaten people who don't pay with force

otherwise, it has no resources of its own, so it doesn't exist as an entity

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How is this not the case in the residential pride of lions where the 5-6 lionesses do the hunting for the 1-2 male lion leaders?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion#Group_organization