• LaughingLion [any, any]
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    18 hours ago

    the health insurance industry is definitely part of the state and im not even joking about that its basic understanding of what the state is

      • LaughingLion [any, any]
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        11 hours ago

        no, its part of the state.

        see, the state IS NOT the government. those words are not equivalent. the government is part of the state. so are many many private industries and companies under capitalism. this is basic theory

        • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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          4 hours ago

          the government is part of the state.

          And the citizens too, in your definition. But we are not talking about that dictionary definition, we are talking about the legal definition.

        • propter_hog [any, any]
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          7 hours ago

          Then I obviously need some suggestions on theory to read, because I didn't know that.

      • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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        16 hours ago

        the State is a special organisation of force: it is an organisation of violence for the suppression of some Social class.

        lenin-crush-capitalism