[quote=@Tank O The Lake]
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Do you know the definition of a state?  It maintains sovereignty over a territory, it has a government, and [i]it is the only legitimate user of force in that territory.[/i]

There is no state that rules by any other method than threat to life.  That's why this little experiment humanity made, this idea of rising above itself, failed.
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Ah!
*Claps once*
I see why you've brought us here. Yes, a government's power comes because it wields death. Even in brief periods of order, chaos lurks beneath the surface as the stabler state, ready to erupt at a moment's notice. But the key is that while they agreed to set aside death momentarily, wielding its power proved greater than the power of their agreement. So in order to rob death of its strength, mankind must bind itself behind something that naturally defies death.