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

@SnowPirate67 we would just call that a government.

its a collective of states

the State is the government at large

it’s a loose term

each state has its own devolved parliament here

there isn't enough resolution to even hold a conversation if you don't make the distinction to keep them seperate

Unless if made specific, which, within the context of the constitution, refers to the individual regions that became known as “states.”

not in the civil war or seccesion context