Seeing Like a State How Certain Schemes to improve the Human Condition Have Failed James C. Scott

#TheState is the vexed institution that is the ground of both our #freedoms and our #unfreedoms. [Our task is] to weigh judiciously the benefits of certain state interventions against their costs.

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1 “The #state, as I make abundantly clear, is the vexed institution that is the ground of both our #freedoms and our #unfreedoms.” 🧵
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