Source: The Peaceful Revolutionist
by David S D’Amato
“It is almost axiomatic in political philosophy that a stable and enduring social order requires the state, a powerful ultimate authority, exclusive within a given territory, to which all other social institutions must be subordinated. Across the ideological landscape, it is largely taken for granted that the division of power within a single territory opens the way to social confusion, disorder, and violence. The state, the leviathan, is the necessary paternal figure, endowed with the power to make the rest of the social order fall in line under a uniform set of standards imposed from on high. But what if roughly the opposite is true — if social vitality, cohesion, and accountability thrive best in an environment decidedly without a final arbiter, a court of last resort, or a top boss who can dispose of all questions for us?” (03/31/25)
https://dsdamato.substack.com/p/colin-wards-topless-federations