"Private property of its population": True, couldn't put it better myself
"The state is the machinery used": somewhat disagree; the State is a captured, monopoly version of the traditions any society uses to manage itself.
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The state is bankrupt now. It's no longer interested in protecting private property. It's been in theft mode since the plandemic.
Yup.
States ALWAYS do this under internal stress, cannibalizing their tax base to fund immediate needs.
"Against The Grain: a deep history of the earliest States" goes into this in some detail
(Warning: "piracy" site)
LG+: Against the Grain. A Deep History of the Earliest States{James C. Scott}(2017, Yale University Press){137875874}