I admit I am having trouble understanding what your definition of that State is. Sounds like you're saying it is the purveyor of labels which then traps people into thinking within the confines those labels create. You're saying that whatever it is that does this does not have to necessarily be the government. It could be the media, schools, local communities, etc. If this is what you are saying, I agree that this thing you call the State does exist & always will.
The State is the system of organized control that is backed by violent force. When you see violent force as a means to maintain control, you are seeing State control in action.
It could be the Mafia. It could be the police. It could be Spartans, or Navy SEALs. They are all enforcing control by the State.
European states and their offshoots were organized around monothe-
ism, feudal
-ism, mercantil
-ism, capital
-ism, and rac
-ism.
African states, with European meddling, were organized around imperial
-ism, colonial
-ism, and tribal
-ism.
The media is not the State, because it has no means of violent force.
Education is not the State, because it has no means of violent force.
The courts, the politicians, and the military are the State.
Mass media, education, and corporations are appendages of the State. They exist to extend and enhance State control.
By definition, local communities are not the State.
Now going back to my original posts in this thread, I was explaining how things like food, water, shelter, and education in the form we consume them cannot be obtained for free because the labor involved to produce them is a cost in itself. We don't consume them in their natural form. Education, as we are speaking of it, is obviously not a natural product of the earth. While you may believe that the logic that I'm using to explain it has been ingrained in me by "the State", you still have not explained why the logic is incorrect. I'm still waiting for you to do so & explain how you would prefer for human beings to obtain these things. So the wait continues...
I hate the concept of 'education' because it is a State term.
There is human learning. It is natural and occurs in many forms.
Education is conditioning to re-inforce State control.
Your thinking is steeped in education by the State.
That is a simple question. Here's a couple of definitions for the word "work":
1) exertion or effort directed to produce accomplish something
2) something on which exertion or labor is expended
Maybe you consider these definitons of work a product of "the State." But like you've said, regardless of what you call these actions, they do exist.
All the examples you listed are immoral & wrong. But obviously they don't encompass all examples of people working. When firemen put out fires in someone's home they are working. When an obstetrician delivers a newborn that person is working. What was the point of those questions?
I wanted to know what you consider productive activity.
The purpose of the State is to destroy as much of the excess production as possible to keep the people dependent on the State.
For instance, if there is a new oil discovery, the State determines there is a new 'enemy' that needs to be fought.
If there is a new way to increase food output, the State determines there must be an end to hunger.
If there is a new way to travel, the State determines there must be new rules for our safety.
The State must be sure to keep everyone controlled, dependent, and scared for it to survive.
If you consider what the State does as work (or its agents), it tells me what your opinion of work is.
No I didn't work to make any of the food, clothing, shelter, or fuel I enjoy today but I did work to consume them. Other people from all over worked in order to produce & deliver these particular things. I worked doing something completely different that people also want done in order to earn money (a medium of exchange) so that I can exchange it for the food, clothing, shelter, fuel, and a number of other things I either need or simply want.
Furthermore, the people who worked to produce the food did so so that they didn't have to also make their own clothing, shelter, & fuel. Instead they were able to earn so that they could exchange their earnings from the one job they did in order to obtain what those working in clothing produced, the ones working to make homes produced, & the ones working to produce the fuel produced. Now they could have toiled to have done all those jobs themselves & they would have spent far, far more time to do so & had have far less of those things to consume (with a lower quality to boot).
Again, you may find this logic incorrect & just something fed to me by "the State." Fine. But explain why the logic is incorrect & what you'd prefer to see happen & why it works better.
You are determined to have an alternative system to the State, so you can claim this alternative is just another form of the State.
In your world, the State is all that exists.
Let me introduce you to the concept of Society. Society exists without the State. Society does not need the State. Society is the basis for all productive activity.
The State is a leech on society. Society is mankind, free to do as he wishes.
The State, is that part of society, which seeks to control through violent force.
Without the State, society can flourish. With the State, society is eventually destroyed.
The State exists because people have a desire to believe in something bigger than themselves, whether good or bad. So, no matter what society you have, the State will eventually rear its head.
But, that doesn't mean that the alternative to the State is poverty.
The alternative to the State is freedom.
Do I need to describe to you what freedom is?