The Nation-State Protection Racket
John’s has a great post up on the idea.
The nation state bubble is popping. It will be critical to really understand what the nation state was, what role it played, and the larger context so as to regenerate some of its more crucial functions.
I did some work on the nation state as a market distortion a couple years ago, though my focus was on private military contractors. It should help contextualize the racket from another angle. Should probably work up that idea in a short article.
-Shlok
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