The purpose of the state is as follows:
1. Maintaining a monopoly on violence.
2. Monopolizing territory and resources.
3. Exploiting subjections while protecting, enriching, and empowering an artificially privileged elite.
4. Expanding its own power and realm of influence.
5. Maintaining a self-legitimating ideological superstructure.
Categories: Anarchism/Anti-State, Economics/Class Relations