The state is the mechanism through which society organises those affairs that require collective resource and legal legitimacy. At its best it is one of the prime means through which we build a more civilised world in which each of us and the planet can flourish. At its worst it is destructive of people and the planet. The state is humanity at its best and occasionally its worse.
Finding our Voice – Making the 21st Century State
by Neal Lawson.
Originally published in Compass
