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fiatjaf | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 The IDF is clearly the state in this description.

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fiatjaf | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I realize that just saying that the IDF is the State doesn't provide us with any immediate solutions, but at least it is correct and we ought to start from that.

In any case I have no knowledge of what the IDF is doing, who is who or how is life in that place, I was just going from your description.
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Mike Dilger | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I can see that perspective. This is probably why Amnesty International and B'Tselem see Greater Israel as an aparteid state, because clearly Israel is the only effective state via militant power, but it has two classes of subjects.
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Brunswick | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Whether a country is an anarchy or a state isn't my point, its that someone will develop a protectorate, whether democratically agreed upon or not, and its better to have a formal mechanism than none at all for the people under this system to influence that institution. A kingdom is total tyrrany, this is the definiton of tyrrany, yet the populace defends the king and the monarchy in word, in heart and deed. A mob controlling a territory is not much more than an informal fiefdom. An anarchy does not guarantee the populace will be dominated by a tyrant, but absent a harmonious, homogenous and highly cohesive society, its highly likely.