The State, the Foundational Idea of Modern Politics, Is a Kind of Monster

mc kinnan's answer is the challenge that mary wolstonecraft poses. Goes a bit like this, we build the state to keep us safe - but how can we be sure it won't replicate those injustices? We could reengi near it and empower it in different ways so that it would have the qualities needed to tackle those day to day injustices. Why not? It's mechanical. We find tune the machine. But then, after all, it is the machine made out of us. It's raw material, human beings,. How can we be certain that the state won't replicate these injustices rather than being the instrument that will rescue us from them?