and to also protect the populace

both from outside threats and themselves

Discipline

better question is, is the state just a tool or a divine mandate?

Tool

I beg to differ good sir

a stateless society is a godless one

Statist scum

^uneducated swine, spare us of your irritating comments

i just came here bro 😦

That's 3 of my boys

Stop shilling, Snake

@The Big Oof that border is BASED

NEVER!

the basic role of the state is to provide protection to it's people

@AdorableStormtrooper I'm sorry, not my intention to respond to u

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The state's primary role is to sustain its own continued existence

@Bird Wizard i know all good 👌

If it can't do that, it shall be replaced

@Ventruvi and what should the state protect its citizens from

Bad goys

Role of a Nation State should be to guarantee the continued existence and reproduction of it's respective Nation

pure survival and continued existence should never be the primary goal

Use the bot room aztec @The Big Oof

by it's nature tho, the State as an organization puts it's own Survival above all else usually

arguing from that view, u can justify anything even mass immigration

yea, if its only goal is

keep the nation going

then what will it sacrifice to achieve those sole goals

i think we have different definitions of Nation

we get a society like ours

keep the goodtimes going no matter how many weak men it creates

i mean Nation in a sense where Nationality and Citizenship are different things, you can be a German National and maybe have Swiss Passport

@AdorableStormtrooper we're talking about nation in terms of a country

The state is the extension of the great leader that created that society under its fist. It's logical that the role of the state should be to unconditionally rule and to expand its society infinitely, crushing every enemy on its way.

but a state should prioritize the safety of its own citizens over others

crushing as in subjecating or pure genocide?

my definition is how it used to be tho like Jews might be citizens of a Place, but their Nationality was always said to be Jewish

ethnicity