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Re:Spanish authorities raid Google offices over tax by venomsnake on Thursday June 30, 2016 @02:38PM (#12010725)
Power gives right and authority. The only universal definition of state is monopoly over the use of force over any given territory.
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Re:Spanish authorities raid Google offices over tax by Tiksi on Thursday June 30, 2016 @05:14PM (#12011781)
Yes but that monopoly is granted by the humans in the territory, and humans are the ones that exercise the state's power.
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