hxn on Nostr: Nation-states were not formed out of a sense of collective problem-solving, communal ...

Nation-states were not formed out of a sense of collective problem-solving, communal protection, or shared values.

They were formed because human beings always vie to control each other and their resources, through barbaric coercion if necessary. Violent domination is easier than peaceful production.

Read "The State" by Franz Oppenheimer.

(Conquest theory > contract theory)