The Metaphysics of the State

"He demystifies. It's almost a demithologization of our modern consciousness," he says. "You become aware of the particularity, the historical contingency of what are normally thought of as universal and value free forms" The state is trying to tell us in the modern state that every time you go to the polling booth, you are giving sovereignty,. But if you didn't show up to the polling station and nobody showed up at the polling station, the state would still be there. They are not going anywhere.