tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485567477740760584.post6573149166210257438..comments2015-09-14T10:41:15.747-07:00Comments on Too Hot For Jacobin: State of confusionSeth Ackermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125836393401623092noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485567477740760584.post-2875355710830809442015-08-18T10:13:34.117-07:002015-08-18T10:13:34.117-07:00I agree that the state/antistate dichotomy is too ...I agree that the state/antistate dichotomy is too crude to be useful, but not merely because instruments of state power can, and have, served the purposes of the oppressed. The term "state" itself in these kinds of discussions between marxists, anarchists, libertarians, etc. is nearly always a reified concept. The state is a vast aggregation of institutions - federal, state, local; formal and informal; legislative, policy-forming, executive, and judicial - that are not only oftenin contest, but internally contested. Indeed any institution one can point to is made up of imperatives, rules, and practices that are variously interpreted by those who act on them or within them. Modern governmental forms are so infused with everyday life that statist/antistatist position-taking is largely fantastical, as is any clearly line drawn between agency and structure. Joe Lowndeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07308567726380748299noreply@blogger.com