This reads more like the origins of tyranny than the origins of the state, i.e. government. I would think the state originated when one farmer said to another: "I have more eggs than I can use. Do you want them?" and the other said "I just butchered a hog and can't eat it all before it goes bad. How about if I trade you some ham for some eggs?" Eventually they met regularly to share a ham and eggs breakfast.
To me, defining “state” is essential to the discussions. From the governance of the individual over himself, the parents over a family, elders over a tribe... community coherence has state-like attributes. So the origin stories don’t jive in all cases until we can define necessary and sufficient conditions of what is meant by “state” and whether such definitions help us achieve a coherent philosophical framework for corporate cooperation (I.e. “state”) of some kind.
This reads more like the origins of tyranny than the origins of the state, i.e. government. I would think the state originated when one farmer said to another: "I have more eggs than I can use. Do you want them?" and the other said "I just butchered a hog and can't eat it all before it goes bad. How about if I trade you some ham for some eggs?" Eventually they met regularly to share a ham and eggs breakfast.
Thank you for your excellent article. One thing is for certain, show me a minimalist government that does not trend towards interventionist.
To me, defining “state” is essential to the discussions. From the governance of the individual over himself, the parents over a family, elders over a tribe... community coherence has state-like attributes. So the origin stories don’t jive in all cases until we can define necessary and sufficient conditions of what is meant by “state” and whether such definitions help us achieve a coherent philosophical framework for corporate cooperation (I.e. “state”) of some kind.