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A State is usually defined as an entity with a monopoly on the legitimate use of force within a defined territory. "Legitimate" can be understood as meaning that the use of force by the State is widely accepted by the public both inside and outside the State's territory, even if acceptance is not universal.

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 == Philosophies of the state ==
-Different political philosophies have distinct opinions concerning the state as a domestic organization monopolizing force. In the modern era, these philosophies emerged with the rise of [[capitalism]], which coincided with the (re)emergence of the state as a separate and centralized sector of society. Philosophers such as [[Thomas Hobbes]], [[John Locke]], and [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] pondered issues concerning the ideal and actual roles of the state. Nowadays, there are four major philosophies of the state: [[liberalism]], [[conservatism]], [[Marxism]], and [[anarchism]].
+Different political philosophies have distinct opinions concerning the state as a domestic organization monopolizing force. In the modern era, these philosophies emerged with the rise of [[capitalism]], which coincided with the (re)emergence of the state as a separate and centralized sector of society. Philosophers such as [[Thomas Hobbes]], [[John Locke]], and [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] pondered issues concerning the ideal and actual roles of the state. Nowadays, there are four major philosophies of the state: [[anarchism]], [[conservatism]], [[liberalism]], and [[Marxism]].
 Several of these philosophies use one form or another of the [[social contract]] theory, which affirms that the role of the state is (or should be) to follow the will of the people and serve their interests, as they define them.
 In broadly-defined [[liberal]] thinking, the state should express the [[public interest]], the interests of the whole society, and to reconcile that with those of individuals. (This job seems best performed by a [[democracy | democratically-controlled]] state, but different types of liberalism put different meanings on the word "democracy.") The state provides [[public goods]] and other kinds of collective consumption, while preventing individuals from [[free rider | free-riding]] (taking advantage of collective consumption without paying) by forcing them to pay taxes.
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 Further, in Marxist theory, classes and other forms of exploitation should be abolished by establishing a [[socialist]] system, which must involve a democratic state. This state will then slowly "wither away" as the people take more and more power in their own hands and [[representative democracy]] slowly transforms into [[direct democracy]]. Once the process is complete, the [[communist]] social order has been achieved and the state no longer exists as an entity separate from the people. Thus, the ''ideal'' condition of the state in Marxist theory is the same as in anarchist theory: ideally, the state would not exist at all.
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+A '''State''' is usually defined as an entity with a monopoly on the legitimate use of force within a defined territory.  "Legitimate" can be understood as meaning that the use of force by the State is widely accepted by the public both inside and outside the State's territory, even if acceptance is not universal.
-A State is usually defined as an entity with a monopoly on the legitimate use of force within a defined territory.  "Legitimate" can be understood as meaning that the use of force by the State is widely accepted by the public both inside and outside the State's territory, even if acceptance is not universal.
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