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What does it mean?
The speaker claims the people control the state, not vice versa.
In plain terms
We order the state, not the state orders us.
What can you take from it?
People control the state.

Where it applies

  • political rhetoric
  • mobilization
  • ideology

Putting it to work

  • empowering citizens
  • justifying rule
  • mobilization

Questions to consider

  • Who actually orders the state?
  • What is the relationship?

Another view

It asserts control without explaining mechanisms.

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