--- Alypius Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if a state did not exist, one would soon emerge because the stateless society would be so obviously suboptimal for an economy beyond the level of the hunter gatherer.< > ~Alypius Skinner
If this is indeed obvious, please provide the explanation, because the obviousness is not evident to me. > For example, when the bloated west Roman state collapsed in western > Europe, the life of the average peasant probably improved, but trade also > collapsed, which made society in the aggregate poorer. If the vast majority of the population were peasants, and their lives improved on average, how could society be poorer? Fred Foldvary ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED]
