otherwise, they are just words on a page

Guess who has the monopoly on force?

The state

incorrect

the Federal Gov

And if the rule exists in the first place to actually be enforced. There’s no legal boundary that says a state cannot leave the Union, meaning that secession was perfectly within the legal authority of the states.

Did you not just hear what I said?

I WISH the State had the monopoly

The Feds are the State you dumb boomer

pay attention, the discussion is about STATE'S rights

When I refer to “the State” that is what is the govt

After all, any powers not explicitly given to the federal government are assumed to be the power the states and citizens hold respectively.

the State is not the Federal Gov in this context

what 'you refer to' in your head, we cannot know

pay attention to context

The state is the smaller political entity; a region.

For example, Connecticut is a state.

we know this, but the two statements are incompatible

false dichotomy

Mao was woke af

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.".

"State has monopoly on force" - this is NOT the same usage as 'Pennsylvania is a State"

same word

two different meanings

and we were using the second

this man speaks the truth

@Uksio same, but for Virginia.

Again as political argument the State refers to whoever is in charge as a political entity. Doesn’t mean local or otherwise

that is a false equivalence

no it’s not

and it is at the very core of the issue

libertarians will agree with me on this

wtf

However, we’re talking about the specific legal confines of a state itself. From the constitutional sense, it refers to the states; the specific regions of the country with their own political autonomy.

by your argument, a british citizen would conisder the EU and the UK the same

oh hi im british

both fuction as their 'goverment'

Yes they are political entities with the power projection are they not?

well the UK isnt a state