@SocialistStan@mymastadon.link @LeftistLawyer "people" is a vague term. i think formal states should hold the monopoly of legitimate violence on geographic territories, not "peoples" defined in affiliative or identity terms. a just state organizes itself to serve and be accountable to all of its citizens (who should be substantially all of the residents) of its territory on terms as equal as possible, regardless of affiliative, ascriptive, or ethnic identity.