Most leftists are actually pretty weak on the state, from Noam “I’d like to see the power of the federal government increased” Chomsky downward. It’s like medieval peasants who thought the king was going to save them from the landlords. Most libertarians are terrible on capitalism: “The state shouldn’t exist but state-chartered corporations are wonderful.” Like classical liberals who hated the reactionary aristocrats but loved the East India Company (see John Stuart Mill).
