Noahpinion: Libertarianism is a "low-end" strategy of state formation

The basic theory behind Noahpinion: Libertarianism is a "low-end" strategy of state formation ignores the social surplus production of differing societies.

The article assumes that societies have a choice in the amount of surplus production that they surrender to the state. This choice is presented as a difference between “low-end” of minimal surplus to “high-end” of a centralised bureaucracy.

My understanding of Marxist economic theory is that a particular mode of production has a certain ratio of surplus social production. The minimal amount is the primitive communist society ranging to high in the capitalist society. It is the social organisation that determines the amount of surplus production.

In all societies, the ruling class expropriates the surplus production to itself. It will spend this surplus in order to maintain its rule. The more that is expropriated, the greater the cost.

The existence of the State is not an optional extra—the State is the visible manifestation of class rule. The State exists solely to keep the subject classes in their place. This is done through naked force such as the army and the police as well the crimminal justice system, and the ideology promulgated through the mass media, educational system, and the bureaucracy. These things costs money.

The Libertarians want to expropiate the surplus production without paying for the protection of their theft.