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What is the State?
Tides of History
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Villagers refused to pay taxes, be conscripted or fight in the king's wars. They fled into the hills where they could not be found and tax collectors couldn't find them. Scenes like this have played out thousands upon thousands of times over the past five millennia. We take the state largely for granted but people have been able to ignore, rebel against, or simply move away from the states that wanted to claim their labor and loyalty. This episode of tides of history is sponsored by shopfy, the all in one commerce platform to start, run and grow your business.
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