A friend of mine was telling me that the reason states arose is because people wanted someone to protect them from strongmen among themselves and maintain order etc. So they pay taxes for the rulers to do that etc. I know it sounds common sense but I wanted a dialectical material analysis of the issue. Thanks.
If you want more modern marxist scholarship on the origins of capitalism and private property check out the work of Ellen Meiksons Wood.
Thank you, i will check it out.
Also look up Perry Anderson, he wrote on the transition from feudal to absolutist states as capital developed.