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States are Not Sentient Beings *(Originally published on VoluntaryJapan.com)* They do not act. They have not brains. The “state” or a “country” or the “government” is an abstraction that literally cannot and does not act. Only individuals act. So if we want to define a state or government properly, we must call them what they are: groups of individuals acting more or less in concert for certain ends. “Iraq wants to attack America.” To me, this sounds as idiotic as saying…