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The Repressive State Apparatus

The Repressive State Apparatus

Part 1: The dialectics of repression

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This is the first in a series on political theory and the agents of coercion.

Generally speaking, liberals, conservatives and reformist currents within the left see the state as an impartial body that stands above all classes of society as an arbitrator. Such belief is central to the ideology of today’s liberal democracy, where some neutral state presid…

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