A state does not reside in the hearts and minds of a certain group of individuals

A state needs its citizens in a material, not a sentimental or immaterial manner. A state does not reside in the hearts and minds of a certain group of individuals. (A ‘sentimental’, only dreamt-of state may perhaps be a Thing (at best, if a group of people commonly refer to it) but not a Being, it cannot process information.) On the contrary, a state is a Being that processes information in the analogue world—first and foremost it is an identification and individualisation mechanism. In other words, the state performs material acts that produce material results—and it does this and continues to do this for as long as it remains in existence.

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