The application of Critical Theory to the state—examining how state power is organized, how it operates, and how it reproduces social hierarchies. Critical Theory of State asks: What is the state, really? Whose interests does it serve? How does it concentrate power and enforce order? How do states claim legitimacy, and who benefits from that claim? Drawing on Marx, Weber, Foucault, and contemporary state theory, it insists that the state is never just a neutral arbiter—it's a site of struggle, a concentration of power, a tool of domination and (potentially) liberation. Understanding the state requires understanding its politics.
"The state protects us, they say. Critical Theory of State asks: protects whom? From what? The same state that protects your property also polices your neighbors, cages immigrants, wages war. The state isn't one thing—it's a set of institutions, and they serve some interests more than others. Critical theory insists on asking: who holds state power, and who's held by it?"
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Example: "The country went to war to protect a mining concession owned by the president's son-in-law. Crony nation state: patriotism as a front for private profit."
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Hym "A 'trance-like state!?' Get the fuck outta here! I'm just watching videos dipshit what the fuck are you talking about? I'm thinking about other none video related things. This chick is doing a little dance or whatever. Songs kind of a bop. I've seen the dance, you know, yeah this one's not bad. I give my little internal applause for her efforts and I move on to the next video. It's like a Yugioh combo video or something so I try to memorize it quick in case I ever decide to play the deck or play against it (because I play every day). Then, it'll be some of those 'man talking to themselves as a different guy skits' (which I invented just like tik tok and AI) and it's funny or relatable or whatever and it's likely geared towards on of my interests. Video games, movies, chess, card games. Then maybe something will pop up from my subscriptions and I'll start to think about turning some background noise on and maybe playing a game. But I'm not in a fucking trance when I play video games either, like, anyone who thinks that is a retard. Video games are like 70% reading spreadsheets, managing inventory, and reading dialogue. And the other 30% isn't even entirely pressing buttons. EVEN FIGHTING GAMES have literal flowcharts (optimal progression of moves) and a lot of games involve literal IQ puzzles."
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