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[–] GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm an ML but no, states are more fundamental than capitalism. There were states prior to capitalism and they will likely exist after capitalism, but capitalism cannot exist without a state as the special apparatus of class oppression.

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

As an ML though you could argue that states are downstream of the economic circumstances that force their development

[–] GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah, you're probably right