By definition the state is sovereign on its platform – sovereignty is an empty word for it
By definition the state is sovereign on its platform – sovereignty is an empty word for it
As also established, control is both external and material; it is the concrete ability of a specific Being to allow or prohibit a specific processing operation by another. In addition, it is the state that creates the platform, the information processing environment necessary for its citizens to live a meaningful life (see §11.00.03 and §07.00.03). Consequently, by definition, the state is sovereign on its platform (on its territory), that is, it is able to allow or prohibit (any) processing on it by its citizens. How could it be otherwise? If it is the state that makes any information processing by its citizens possible, then how could it not, at the same time, be able to control it? If the state is the creator of the information platform on which we live, how could it not, by definition, control all of our processing on it? From this point of view, sovereignty, meaning control over all information processing on the information platform that is the state, is an empty word, it has no meaning, because it is self-evident for the state—the mere existence of a state means that it is sovereign (this does not, however, mean that another state, specifically, its government, cannot control the processing of that state, see §14.00.09).
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