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Re:The real roots of early city states may rip up the textbooks by coldtea on Saturday October 14, 2017 @07:07PM (#15474818)
The basic idea is that it would be better to coerce to the rules/needs of a state, than to the arbitrary needs and whims of random powerful persons, teams of thugs, enemy tribes, etc.

And it got even better when people could elect and somewhat control the state.

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