>> This seems like a lame question, but What is the value of the State? > > Centralisation of power.
You can have a socialist state without centralization. > A sense of safety/security for sheeple. But the state also makes insecurity: bigger wars, for example. >> Without a State, would we have electronics? Radio? Computers? Mass >> Transit? Bikes? > > Yes. Absolutely yes. How does anarchy provide the high-level of organization needed to produce a car? From ore, to smelting steel, to engineering, to molding, to paints, batteries, upholstery and textiles, etc? Marxos